Last week, authorities found an overturned car at the bottom of a rural Utah ravine with the body of David Welch, 54, inside.
Welch went missing on September 2nd and the discovery of his body hundreds of miles from his Manhattan, Kansas home was both a relief and a tragic blow to his family, who refused to give up hope of finding him.
But once they did, they also found out the awful truth about his last moments.
Why David Welch, 54, suddenly decided to drive away in his maroon Pontiac Montana without telling his family where he was going remains a mystery, but the Utah Highway Patrol believes he fell asleep at the wheel at some point the following day and careened off the road and into the ravine.
With the wreckage not visible from nearby Interstate 70, and with the closest town — Green River — about 50 miles away, Welch, who was gravely injured and unable to move, could do nothing but wait for his time to come.
Days, possibly weeks passed, before Welch finally succumbed to his wounds.
When he was found, highway patrol men also found a journal full of farewell letters Welch had spent his final days writing.
The family has declined to comment on the content of the notes, but CNN has described them as “love letters.”
Our prayers are with the family at this time and we hope they can find comfort in Welch’s last words.
SOURCE: Gawker | PHOTO CREDIT: Utah Highway Patrol
