By Jack Brewer and Erica Lukes
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The final response was issued to a public records request submitted to the Uintah County Sheriff's Office concerning an abandoned motorcycle and deceased individual located in the vicinity of Skinwalker Ranch. The July 31 release represented the last in a series of responsive records transferred to Expanding Frontiers Research from the Uintah County Attorney's Office. Items include a suicide note, medical examiner report, and video filmed by a drone as law enforcement personnel located what was later confirmed to be the lifeless body of Andrew Crowe. His motorcycle was reported abandoned Nov. 24, 2023, and a search of the surrounding area was conducted Feb. 29, 2024.
Drone video obtained from the Uintah County Sheriff's Office
Items obtained July 31 also include numerous images and police records. The material is available in a folder uploaded to Google Drive. You may also access the final response along with records previously received in a master folder available for viewing. Please be advised the images, videos, and documents represent original source law enforcement records and may be found disturbing in some instances.
The Uintah County Attorney's Office advised in a July 31 letter that certain specifically identified records were withheld due to reasons including their graphic and shocking nature. The law office also indicated select records were withheld “that would disclose investigative techniques.” Utah Code cited for material exempt from disclosure included 63G-2-305(10)(e) and (51) and 63G-2-302(2)(d).
As previously reported, the late Andrew Crowe expressed significant interest in the narratives surrounding Skinwalker Ranch. According to records obtained, he formerly lived in California and traveled to Uintah County, penning a letter to Skinwalker personality Thomas Winterton. The letter was found on the motorcycle Crowe abandoned on Thanksgiving of 2023 and reflected his thoughts about alleged paranormal phenomena and UFOs. The letter also suggested he wanted Winterton to have his Harley Davidson, referred to as “Haley” in notes left by Crowe.
A suicide note found Feb. 29 in Andrew's front coat pocket is shown below. As interpreted in a report authored by a detective, it read, “My Last Wishes/Will Andrew B. Crowe 1) Do not notify or bother next of kin or family ties 2) Donate my body to a forensics body farm, so mother Earth can reclaim what's rightfully hers. Use any monies found on body to assist with transport costs. Thank you (back of page) There's no blame to be had or be put on anyone or anybody for my choice to move on in this way. Its an act of futility to waste any more resources on this failing piece of work (my body) which has stolen all pleasures from eating to long uninterrupted rides on Haley. Please find her a good home. Andrew B. Crowe”.
Also located with the body, according to the detective, was a Smith and Wesson .38 Special, four corresponding bullets with one spent shell casing, and a black holster.
A medical examination dated March 1 indicates Mr. Crowe sustained a gunshot wound to the chest from close range. “Given the circumstances surrounding the death as currently known and the examination findings,” the report continued, “the cause of death is gunshot wound of torso.” The manner of death is suicide, the medical examination concluded.
The report further indicated toxicology and postmortem blood was negative for ethanol and tested drugs of abuse. Cocaine, methamphetamine, morphine, and THC were documented to not be detected.
Expanding Frontiers Research learned of the circumstances and subsequently obtained a statement from the sheriff's office in a March 4 email. The agency acknowledged the recovery of a deceased individual but declined to provide details or comment on the interest the person had in local paranormal lore. EFR submitted a public records request under the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act, leading to a series of denials and appeals. It was after submitting an appeal to the State Records Committee, resulting in negotiations conducted with the Uintah County Attorney's Office, that records were obtained as published in articles posted June 25 and July 21.
An unusual suicide...A wound to the chest? Not the head?