John Edward Jones tragically died after becoming trapped upside down in Nutty Putty Cave in 2009 — and rescuer Brandon Kowallis has now spoken out about the 27-hour rescue operation and John's devasta ...

The explorer was pronounced dead after suffering a cardiac arrest, and the Nutty Putty cave was sealed off with John's body ...

It has been 17 years since John Edward Jones got stuck head first in a narrow passage called the 'Birth Canal' before he ...

15 years after a man died in the Nutty Putty Cave, his family and rescuers still struggle to escape the darkness A wreath is placed at the Nutty Putty cave. When Emily Sanchez first visited her ...

Brandon Kowallis, who tried rescuing John Edward Jones from the Nutty Putty cave, denied a theory about the man's final ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- The man who discovered Nutty Putty Cave in 1960 says only the section where a man got stuck and died should be closed, not the whole cave. He says that one spot has been a problem ...

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Discovered in 1960 outside Salt Lake City, Utah, Nutty Putty Cave was a local favorite with Boy Scout troops and college students, attracting 5,000 visitors a year. Then came the tragic death of John ...

Brandon Kowallis has spoken on the Nutty Putty Cave tragedy, sharing what he saw during spelunker John Edward Jones' final ...

When Emily Sanchez first visited her husband's unconventional tomb, lush green ferns and moss created an oasis there amid the gray limestone debris and the brown patches of scraggly broom snakeweed ...