“Lost No More: How a Drone’s Unexpected Discovery Changed the Search for the Missing Woman Forever”
He said, “Detectives and Search and Rescue officials with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO) searched the area by ground and from the air but could not find anyone.”
Telephone Records And Potential Trip To Colorado
After the trail led to a dead-end, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office decided to dive into some detective work. They decided the next best plan of attack was to check telephone records and see if they could pinpoint her location.
What they found suggested she made her way to Colorado after leaving her car and camping apparatus behind.
A Months-Long Search That Led Nowhere
While the Utah County Sheriff’s Office met another dead end with the telephone records, not believing she had made her way to Colorado, they decided to try and identify her family.
With the information they had accumulated, they were unable to find anyone. According to Sergeant Cannon, “Over the next several months, efforts were made to identify and contact family without success.”
Co-Workers Cooborated The Detectives’ Hunch
While they were unable to contact family members, the sheriff’s department was able to locate co-workers. The co-workers corroborated what they had already thought, that she did, in fact, struggle with mental illness.
