Coroner identifies body

BOISE (AP) - Authorities in southwestern Idaho have confirmed that a man found dead next to a totaled vehicle that had gone off Bogus Basin Road is a Caldwell resident who had been reported missing.

Boise County Coroner Pam Garlock on Friday identified 26-year-old Eian Wintz as the person found near a car that had gone 300 feet down a slope.

Wintz had been reported missing Tuesday.

The vehicle was spotted Thursday and the body recovered Thursday evening.

Chief Deputy Boise County Coroner Mike Johnson tells the Idaho Statesman (http://bit.ly/1npWHPr) that Wintz was thrown from the vehicle and died as a result of the crash.

An autopsy is planned.