SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Investigators are trying to piece together what happened to NFL quarterback Jay Cutler’s brother-in-law, whose hasn’t been heard from since his car was found abandoned more than a week ago near a remote dirt road in Utah.
Michael Cavallari, 30, lives in Southern California and was arrested on an allegation of making threats there Nov. 23, authorities said Monday.
Four days later, a rancher found Cavallari’s car with its engine on and the air bag deployed in Utah, Grand County Sheriff Steven White said. It was about 200 miles south of Salt Lake City and 5 miles south of Interstate 70, in a part of the state that’s home to several national parks.
Cavallari apparently was driving by himself, though it’s unclear where he was going, authorities said. He is the brother of reality TV personality Kristin Cavallari, who married Cutler in 2013.
Evidence shows Michael Cavallari’s 2014 Honda Civic hit a couple of big rocks and washes, likely causing the air bag to deploy, White said.