The Gila County Sheriff’s Office has identified a Phoenix man, 62-year-old Ronald Hugh Henry, as the victim of a drowning in the Fossil Creek Wilderness area at a location called the “toilet bowl”.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, they received a 911 call at approximately 11:50 a.m. on May 2, regarding a possible drowning at the “toilet bowl” on Fossil Creek. Then at 12:04 pm, the Sheriff’s Office received a second 911 call from the subject who was with the person who drowned.
At 3:43 pm the Gila County Sheriff’s Office dive team located Mr. Henry and were able to successfully remove his body from the area.