DUCHESNE COUNTY, Utah — Police are asking for the public's help to find a man who came to visit Utah from Finland, but hasn't been heard from in two weeks.
The Duchesne County Sheriff's Office said they were contacted by the family of 29-year-old Onni Llmari Raassina on March 17. He was picked up from the Salt Lake City International Airport on March 5. They believe he took a taxi and was dropped off in Duchesne County, near the Moon Lake area — about 150 miles east of Salt Lake.
"We just know his cellphone pinged up here, and we have no sign of him," said DCSO Capt. John Crowley. "From what we've seen on the airport video, of the backpack he carried, he did not have the right equipment to be up in the Uintas."
Raassina is 5'8'', white, has blue eyes and has short strawberry blonde hair.
Crowley said Raassina's family came to Utah and tried to find him for two weeks.
"I need the public's help immensely. We have a gentleman who's not from our country, the family doesn't even know why he left or anything else," the captain said. "In 30 years of law enforcement, I've never had to deal with a gentleman who flew in from Finland to go hiking up there."
The sheriff's office plans to continue its search.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the sheriff's office at 435-738-1126 or via email: jcrowley@duchesne.utah.gov.
