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Glendale man reported missing found dead near Lake Pleasant

Michael Grenley’s wife thought her husband left for lunch on July 19, but grew concerned when he never returned to their Glendale home. His body was found more than two weeks later next to his Jeep Rubicon north of Lake Pleasant.

A motorcyclist came across the red Jeep on Saturday and alerted the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle was off the main road on rough terrain at least 10 miles north of Lake Pleasant. The Jeep’s front end was stuck on a large boulder, said Dwight D’Evelyn, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office.

Grenley had clearly died a while ago, although the time and cause of his death is not yet known, D’Evelyn said. The Medical Examiner’s Office is reviewing the body, but D’Evelyn said there was no evidence of foul play or struggle.

After an exhaustive search, Melissa Grenley learned Monday that her husband had been found. She said it was a mix of shock and relief that he’d finally been located.

Several of his co-workers from Honeywell had searched for their friend. They even started a fund to help pay for a private investigator, Melissa Grenley said.

She’d also posted a message on the Arizona Virtual Jeep Club’s website asking people to keep an eye out for her husband’s red Jeep. The club members’ efforts went beyond her expectations. They spent “many, many tanks of gas and many, many days out in the desert looking for a man they didn’t even know,” she said.

She doesn’t know what made her 41-year-old husband, who’d been working from their home near 75th Avenue and Deer Valley Road, opt to go off-roading alone. He almost always took someone with him, she said.

She called him a wonderful father and regretted he wouldn’t be there to see their 6-year-old son grow up.

She said she’d met Michael when she was just 18 years old. They’d been married 17 years and she called him her biggest supporter.

“We were best friends,” Melissa Grenley said. “We kind of grew up together.

Fireworks in apache junction this evening! - Virtual Jeep Club

Kristen and myself will be with friends in the middle of the football field at the AJ high school watchin the fireworks with friends and would like all the VJC members attending to join us! i'll be in green shorts! with a black rag on my head!( tryin not to scare anybody) rockhound (jon) will be working the watermelon booth again this year and will know exactly where we're located, and said your welcome to check in with him for my where abouts! this is a very good show and should be very enjoyable by all! bring chairs and coolers! and an AC unit if ya can! hahahahaha dave Join the City of AJ and Allied Waste for our 2011 Hometown Fireworks Celebration on Monday, July 4th! Visit our website at http://www.ajcity.net/events for a complete list of events and activities throughout the day. The One Minute Millionaires will be performing live at 7pm and Fireworks, presented by Allied Waste, will start promptly at 9pm. Parking is limited so please come early. There will be traffic restrictions. Please plan for long delays leaving the event. For a comprehensive plan on parking and traffic control for the event please visit our website. The Fourth of July festivities are all located on School Property and no consumer fireworks, alcohol, smoking or weapons will be allowed at the event or adjacent parking/viewing areas (bags and coolers brought in to the facility will be checked). Food and drinks will be available to purchase on site from the Apache Junction High School Booster Club. Apache Junction Little League will be distributing free watermelon at 6pm until its gone! thx for adding to the post jon! its a great event for the kids as to games and bouncies and can even get over to the melon booth for a slice and a great hello from jon and his wife! hope to see a lot of you there! dave and kristen! and dont for get that money spent on the games and stuff(FOOD) goes to support that group or the school booster club!

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