Police identified the victim as Michael Jules Goldberg
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- Authorities said a vehicle was found unoccupied on June 12 in the parking lot of South Mountain Park in Arizona
- The vehicle’s owner was reported missing after attempts to locate him at his Tempe home were unsuccessful
- On June 16, the body of hiker Michael Jules Goldberg, 78, was found on the Mormon Trailhead
Authorities in Arizona said the body of a missing elderly hiker was found days after his vehicle was previously discovered abandoned.
In a news release shared with PEOPLE by the Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix Park Rangers noticed an unoccupied vehicle in the parking lot at South Mountain Park on Friday, June 12. The vehicle stayed there overnight, and Phoenix police then tagged it as abandoned the next morning.
The vehicle was scheduled to be towed on Sunday, June 14…