“Lost No More: How a Drone’s Unexpected Discovery Changed the Search for the Missing Woman Forever”
With campgrounds and hikes to beautiful hot springs, it is one of the hidden gems of Utah. Sadly, in 2020, a woman went missing on the trail.
A Search Began After Her Car Was Found Abandoned
It was November of 2020 when a 47-year-old woman ventured onto the Dry Canyon Trailhead in Diamond Fork Canyon. Unlike other day hikers, she did not make it back to the parking lot.
The search began the same day as her disappearance after US Forest Service officials found her car abandoned at one of the trails campgrounds.
A Question Of Mental Health
After investigating the surrounding area and the campground where the woman’s car was left, detectives concluded — the missing woman might struggle with mental health.
During an interview, one of the detectives on the scenes said they gathered information “that suggested this woman might struggle with mental health challenges.” Co-workers would later corroborate this information.
Volunteers Joined The Search
The conclusion brought more people onto the scene, wanting to help find the woman lost in the vast wilderness of the trail and canyon.
Along with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office deputies, search and rescue volunteers began scouring the area, hoping to find some clues about where the woman might be.
