BREAKING: Body of Dylan Rounds found in remote Utah desert

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LUCIN, Utah -- The body of Dylan Rounds, a man from eastern Idaho who has been missing for nearly two years, was recovered Tuesday morning in a remote part of northern Utah near the Nevada border, according to his family.

Rounds disappeared from his farm in the desert town of Lucin, Utah over Memorial Day weekend in 2022. The 19-year-old spoke with his grandmother on the phone before be vanished and was never heard from again. His family has spent the part two years searching for answers.

"We thank everyone for their support and love," Candice Cooley, Round's mother, tells EastIdahoNews.com. "We are grateful we now have Dylan's body and can bring him home as we continue our fight for justice."

James Brenner is charged with aggravated murder and abuse or desecration of a human body in connection to Rounds' death. He led authorities to the location of the young man's burial site Tuesday morning as part of a plea agreement, Cooley says. Family members were told around 11 a.m. that Rounds' had been found.

Brenner has been in the Box Elder County Jail since being arrested on firearms violations in June 2022. He was squatting on property near Rounds' farm when the young man disappeared.

EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office for comment. We will update this story as we receive more information.

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