Yw LaLaw2000!. I tend to think that the dog and the deceased were connected to each other somehow as well and yes, it is sad. It looks, going by the photo of the dog, that he/she was 'roughing it' for quite some time.
Because of a previous public request for help, a witness came forward with a photograph of a dog believed to have been owned by the victim. The witness, who does not want their name published, stated that the dog started coming onto her property looking for food about four months prior to the discovery of the body and continued to come onto her property for a couple of months after the discovery of the property. The witness' property is within a half mile of Sand Canyon. At the scene where the body was discovered a broken dog collar was found leading investigators to believe this dog may have been the victim's dog.
http://www.dmvnv.com/news/99-186.htm