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SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) - The Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed.

State and county officials made the announcement Friday afternoon, saying it was simply too dangerous to try to recover John Jones' body.

Jones died late Wednesday about 28 hours after getting wedged into a tight, unmapped passage of Nutty Putty Cave, a site about 80 miles south of Salt Lake City.

The 6-foot-tall, 190-pound Jones got stuck with his head at an angle below his feet about 9 p.m. Tuesday. He was in an L-shaped-area of the cave known as "Bob's Push." The area is only about 18inches wide and 10 inches high.

State officials plan to meet Monday to discuss the best way to permanently close the cave.