Information on a South Salt Lake Missing-Person Case

In August, the department issued a public advisory for 43-year-old Benjamin Matthies, who was classified as missing and at risk.

Search efforts and public alert

The supplied sources do not verify a similar advisory for Wendy Welch. For Matthies, the department directed public tips to a regional dispatch number.

The supplied sources do not verify demographic figures for South Salt Lake or a Utah National Missing and Unidentified Persons System case count.

They also do not verify the existence, requirements, monitoring, or legislative basis of a centralized database for missing-person and cold-case files.

For now, available sources do not verify further details of the case.

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