Six Months Lost: How a Drone Uncovered a Shocking Secret in the Search for a Missing Woman
Imagine vanishing into the wilderness with only an abandoned car and a lonely tent as clues—sounds like the start of a mystery novel, right? Well, back in November 2020, a woman took an unexpected detour on the Dry Canyon Trailhead in Diamond Fork Canyon, just an hour outside Salt Lake City. Her car was left behind at a campground, and search teams scoured the area finding little more than an old tent. But here’s the kicker: nearly six months later, it wasn’t a search party or a heroic hiker that cracked the case—it was a crashed drone. Seriously, who’d have thought a piece of malfunctioning tech could hold the key to unveiling such a real-life enigma? The wilderness—beautiful, unforgiving, and full of surprises—had one more story to tell. Curious what happened next? LEARN MORE.
In November of 2020, a woman disappeared on the Dry Canyon Trailhead in Diamond Fork Canyon, located about an hour outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Her car was abandoned at a campground, and the Utah County Sheriff’s Office deputies found nothing but an old tent on the trail.
Nearly six months later, a drone crashed and found the impossible.
The Location Was Diamond Fork Canyon, Utah
Located outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, Dry Canyon Trailhead in Diamond Fork Canyon attracts many hikers, campers, and wilderness lovers each day.
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.
An Abandoned Tent
Sadly, no one in the search party came up with anything; they had no clue where the woman ventured off to, or why.
The only thing that gave any semblance that she might have passed through was an abandoned tent tucked away in the foliage. No one was there, though, and they couldn’t be certain it even belonged to the missing woman.
Did She Want To Be Found?
Eventually, authorities concluded that the missing woman didn’t want to be found. They believe she voluntarily left her car and wandered into the wilderness of Diamond Fork Canyon. The question was, why?
They didn’t even have people to contact to gain information on the missing woman. At the time, it was nothing more than a waiting game, hoping a clue or trace of her would show up.
They Were Not Going To Stop Looking
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the forest service were at a loss; they had no idea where the missing woman could be. It didn’t help that Diamond Canyon was so vast either. She could be anywhere.
Even so, they didn’t give up hope that one day they would find her.
Searching By The Ground And The Air
In a press release, Sergeant Spencer Cannon of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office spoke of what they had found, or didn’t find, on the trail.
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.
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