Tourist vanishes after leaving Utah airport to backpack in mountains

Authorities successful Utah are searching for a missing tourer visiting from Finland whose household said they haven't heard from him successful 2 weeks.

The Duchesne County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance successful locating 29-year-old Onni Llmari Raassina, who was reported missing connected March 17.

Officials said Raassina was picked up from the Salt Lake City International Airport connected March 5, according to his family. 

His household believes helium was past dropped disconnected successful Duchesne County, adjacent the Moon Lake area, which is astir 150 miles eastbound of Salt Lake City.

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Law enforcement officials successful Utah person requested nationalist assistance successful locating a tourer from Finland who has been missing for weeks. (Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office)

It is not known who picked him up and dropped him off, officials said. 

Officials added that those were his past known whereabouts.

"We conscionable cognize his cellphone pinged up here, and we person nary motion of him," DCSO Capt. John Crowley told FOX 13. "From what we've seen connected the airdrome video, of the backpack helium carried, helium did not person the close instrumentality to beryllium up successful the Uintas."

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Police successful Utah are searching for a missing Finland antheral who was past seen successful March. (Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office)

The sheriff's bureau released an representation of Raassina, on with an representation of him astatine the airport.

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Deputies are seeking the public's assistance to find a antheral past seen astatine Salt Lake City airport, en way to Duchesne. (Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office)

He is described arsenic being a 5-foot-8, White male, with bluish eyes and abbreviated strawberry blonde hair.

Crowley said Raassina's household came to Utah and tried to find him for 2 weeks.

"I request the public's assistance immensely. We person a man who's not from our country, the household doesn't adjacent cognize wherefore helium near oregon thing else," the skipper said. "In 30 years of instrumentality enforcement, I've ne'er had to woody with a man who flew successful from Finland to spell hiking up there."

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the sheriff's bureau for comment. 

Anyone with accusation connected his whereabouts is urged to interaction the sheriff's bureau astatine 435-738-1126 oregon via email: [email protected].

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