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Utah crews search for teenagers missing for nearly a week

(Courtesy Amanda Hunt) Breezy Otteson

Police and volunteers scoured backcountry areas near Eureka on Friday in search of two teenagers who were reported missing nearly a week prior while traveling from Tooele.

Breezy Otteson, 17, and Riley Powell, 18, left for Eureka about 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 30 and haven’t been seen since, Otteson’s aunt Amanda Hunt said on her Facebook page. A family member has since filed missing-persons reports with the Juab and Tooele County sheriff’s departments.

The pair was driving a blue early 2000s model Jeep Grand Cherokee.

(Courtesy Amanda Hunt) Riley Powell

Volunteers with the Utah Off Road Recovery Team organized a search of the Eureka-area and the East Tintic Mountains beginning Friday morning.

All on-duty Juab County deputies were dispatched to the area to look for Otteson and Powell, department spokeswoman Tanielle Callaway said.

In neighboring Tooele County, a search team dispersed about 8 a.m. Friday, Hunt said.

Crews were searching for the pair as of 4:30 p.m.

This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.

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