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It was just down there that a snowplow driver sees something smoldering, burning up on the hillside.

Yeah, he's definitely passed away.

He thought somebody had been out there camping and had left a campfire.

And so he was gonna go throw some snow on it and make sure that he put out whatever fire was there.

When he got close to the plume of smoke, that's when he realized this was a body.

Driving out here, this is as remote as it gets.

The nearest store, much less house, is miles and miles away.

Everywhere around us is just trees, forest, and snow.

Detective Justin Atwood took me to the very spot where that snowplow driver made the deadly discovery.

So he literally walked up this pretty steep embankment here from down below.

Exactly.

Clambers up here to this smoldering log.

Absolutely.

And then gets surprised when he realizes that there's a body.

It shocked him.

It scared him.

It had been intentionally burned.

It had been wrapped in plastic.

And that plastic had been bound in duct tape.

We wanted to make sure that we made contact with Stan as soon as possible.