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Wooded Area — Gun Recovery (North of UVU)

The wooded area north of the Utah Valley University campus is where charging documents say a Mauser Model 98 .30-06 bolt-action rifle with scope was found — reportedly wrapped in a dark towel — after the suspect fled across Campus Drive and through trees at the campus edge. That recovered rifle carries the state's whole theory of how Charlie Kirk was killed, which is why citizen analysts weigh it against the explosive-device finding that a large majority on X now favors.

Affidavit movement (summary)

Per the probable-cause narrative summarized in Charlie_Kirk.txt and Gun_Bullet pages:

Time (MDT)	Location action
~12:24 PM	Suspect runs north across Campus Drive, enters wooded edge
Later	Shoe impression consistent with Converse/Chuck Taylor sneakers near recovery zone
Recovery	Scoped Mauser .30-06 assembled in woods

FBI agent Beau Mason referenced a "high powered bolt action rifle" recovered in a wooded area at a press briefing (see Law Enforcement).

Property-boundary debates

Citizen investigators ask which parcel abuts the recovery site:

• University House Ownership — UVU institutional ownership claimed, not deed-verified here
• Palentire House Connection — Palantir / "Palentire" OSINT thread — unverified
• @MuppetMasher building context — spatial reconstruction of drop site

Ownership of adjacent land does not identify a shooter; it affects access and timeline reconstruction (Tyler Robinson — Travel).

Ballistics cross-links

The recovered rifle is the core of the official theory — and of Proof Not Tyler threads questioning ATF inconclusive tests, trajectory, and backpack impossibility.

Laws (Charlie Kirk)

Chain-of-custody logs, crime-scene photos, and parcel deeds for the recovery coordinates are among disclosures the Charlie Kirk Investigation Laws target.

Public commentary

The wooded recovery strip is central to weapon-evidence discussions: the towel-wrapped Mauser, engraved cartridges, ATF inconclusive fragment language, and the screwdriver woods-vs-roof story change. Some posts also revisit Russell Kennington trespass and obstruction threads from around the day the gun was reported found; any such references are noted here only as reported arrest and charge history and as open questions, not as established involvement in the assassination. Related evidence is discussed in the Rifle Chain of Custody section.

This website does not assert as fact that any living person named here committed a crime, did anything wrong, or had any knowledge of the assassination in advance. Names appear here only in the context of public discussion. Nothing here is a finding by this website.

Interesting In This Area

• Palentire and university ownership both ask who controlled this ground.
• The suspect reportedly ran north from the courtyard into these trees at 12:24.
• The locations index treats the recovery as reported, not as settled fact.
• The overview map ranks this recovery among the highest-signal confirmed pins.

Interesting In Other Areas

• Gun-drop analysis covers the towel, the assembly claim and the shoe impression.
• Rifle chain of custody is where the recovery either holds or fails.
• ATF comparison results on the jacket fragment came back inconclusive.
• Proof Not Tyler argues the backpack and the trajectory do not work.

Other Pages In This Section

Property & Locations

A hyperlinked index of every location that matters: the courtyard, the roof, the custody chain, the airports, the hospital and the disputed properties north of campus.

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Locations Investigation Index

The routing memo for every address in the case — crime scene, drive south, surrender, jail, courthouse — separating confirmed record locations from reported-claim ones. Read it before treating any pin as decisive.

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University House Ownership Claims

Who owns the ground the rifle was reportedly recovered beside? The question came from a researcher note rather than a deed, and this page holds it open until a Utah County record answers it.

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Cedar City Maverik Gas Station (I-15)

A fixed pump camera on I-15 pins the southbound drive at roughly 7:15 AM on September 11 — one of the few hard timestamps in a contested chain. Card paid at the pump, trash cans reportedly untouched.

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Elsewhere In The Investigation

Gun Dropped Location

The rifle was reportedly dropped in a wooded strip with buildings on either side. The official account puts a car in a UVU lot at 8:29 AM and never says when it left — and no cell-tower record filling that gap has been released.

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Mauser Rifle Chain of Custody

Who found the rifle, when, after which K-9 passes, and how the towel-wrapped bundle was photographed and sealed. These are ordinary evidence-handling questions, and on the public record they are unanswered.

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Proof Not Tyler

The hub for every argument that Tyler Robinson did not cause Charlie Kirk's death — ballistics, acoustics, identity gaps, and the standard physical tests that were reportedly never run.

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Ballistics — ATF Inconclusive & CBLA

The ATF could not match the recovered jacket fragment to the seized Mauser. This page separates a casing from a fragment and explains why that distinction decides a great deal.

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Interesting

• Robinson's desktop photo was reportedly Goat Island, just down the road from the Danish house.
• Stew Peters alleged a rejected $150 million offer accepted right after Kirk's death.
• Tucker Carlson tied the murder to Kirk's changing views on Israel; clips were reportedly scrubbed.

Related Areas

• Gun Dropped Location
• Proof Not Tyler — Ballistics
• Construction Site — 785 College

• University House Ownership
• Palentire Connection
• Maps

Images

This image is a digital screenshot of a Google Maps interface showing driving navigation routes between Orem and Provo, Utah. Full write-up →

This is a 3D aerial satellite map rendering of a suburban neighborhood adjacent to a large university campus. Full write-up →

This is a video screenshot or still image from a news/investigative report, showing a rural or semi-rural outdoor scene with tall dry grass, trees, and a dirt path. Full write-up →

This is a wide-angle, daytime exterior shot of an open, dry, semi-rural or suburban lot featuring gravel ground cover, patch grass, trailers, and distant houses under a clear blue sky. Full write-up →

An outdoor, daytime photograph depicting three forensic investigators or law enforcement officers searching a dirt clearing in a brushy, semi-wooded area. Full write-up →

This eye-level, medium-wide exterior shot shows four law enforcement officers, including members of an FBI Evidence Response Team, gathered at the edge of a wooded area next to a paved road. Full write-up →

This eye-level, medium-wide exterior shot depicts four law enforcement officials gathered at the edge of a wooded area next to an asphalt road during the day. Full write-up →

This is a high-angle aerial map view of a university campus and an adjacent residential area, overlaid with numbered red squares (1 through 9) and white arrows illustrating a path or sequence of locations. Full write-up →

This is a digital screenshot of a satellite map displaying a residential and commercial area of Orem, Utah, taken from an online mapping service. Full write-up →

Videos

Footage related to this page. Each card opens that clip's own page, with the video, the full write-up, and its source.

Walking The Route: Doorbell Cameras To Three Wooded AreasA 6:56 first-person walk-through retracing the route attributed to the suspect, from a doorbell camera north of campus to the roof and out to three candidate locations…

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