Skeletal Remains Identified as Man Missing Since 2022

Authorities say skeletal remains found in Utah have been identified as a man who disappeared in 2022.

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release that they were alerted to the fact that remains had been found in the county on Thursday, Sept. 11. Officials did not share additional details about the discovery.

After the medical examiner determined that the remains were human, dental records helped identify the deceased as Jamey Eugene Holyoak.

Holyoak was reported missing on April 28, 2022, authorities said. The 47-year-old man was last seen in La Sal almost two weeks earlier “leaving a local property with his pedal bike,” according to the Utah Department of Public Safety’s cold case database.

Holyoak’s next of kin was notified about the discovery and identification of his remains, according to police.

“The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office would like to extend our condolences to the Holyoak Family at this time,” they said.

Holyoak lived with a girlfriend and others at a vacant property in La Sal, according to The Times-Independent.

Family said Holyoak struggled with addiction. His sister Kathy Holyoak Randall told the Times-Independent in 2023 that his life took a turn for the worse “after his wife left him.”

“We did everything we could do,” Randall said. “He went through three different rehabs.”

Speaking with the paper in 2023, his siblings said they hired a private investigator.

“We have no clues,” he said. “There’s been a lot of online innuendo and rumors, but all we know for sure is that he was last seen (on April 15, 2022) at Fort Douglas,” investigator Jason Jensen told the outlet.

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An investigation into the case is ongoing, according to police.