This week marks the second anniversary of the disappearance of Puyllup native Susan Cox Powell from her Utah home. In updating the case, The Salt Lake Tribune is asking a key question: What happens if her body is never found?

Finding any remains would end the nearly two-year mystery of Powell’s disappearance, giving her family answers and providing something else: evidence. But in the absence of discovering a body, putting together a criminal case in connection with Powell’s disappearance is a lot tougher.

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UPDATE: The missing skier has been identified as Paul Melby, according to ski area spokeswoman Tiana Enger. She said she wasn’t sure where he lives.

“He’s a regular,” she said. “He skis here a lot.”

POSTED EARLIER: A search is under way today for a skier missing since Tuesday afternoon in an advanced skiing area at Crystal Mountain ski area.

He was last seen about 2 p.m. getting off the High Campbell Chair Lift which takes skiers to an advanced/expert area for skiing. Friends reported him missing to the Ski Patrol about 4 p.m.

Ski Patrol members, volunteers and avalanche dogs are …

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