Woman missing since November found alive in Utah canyon
... On November 25, 2020, US Forest Service Officials found a car in the parking lot of a campground in the Diamond Fork Area of Spanish Fork Canyon.
Along with the car, officials found camping equipment and information that lead them to identify the person who was camping there.
A search of the area was then performed by Utah County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO) detectives and a Search and Rescue team, but no one was found. ...
Over the next several months, UCSO attempted to identify and contact the woman’s family, but they were unsuccessful.
Deputies then contacted the woman’s coworkers and received information that suggested she struggled with her mental health ...
Then, on May 2, a UCSO Sergeant returned to Diamond Fork with a nonprofit aerial search organization in an attempt to find evidence that suggested the woman still might be in the area.
The aerial search organization deployed a drone to search for evidence, but the drone crashed. The UCSO and drone pilot then set out to search for the drone. ...
As they searched for the drone, UCSO said that the sergeant and drone pilot spotted a tent nearby.
According to a news release, at that moment, the zipper of the tent opened and the 47-year-old woman who had been missing since November of 2020 appeared. ...
UCSO said the woman had willingly chosen to remain in the area since November 2020. The woman told Search and Rescue Officials that she foraged for moss and grass to survive and had access to water supply via a nearby river, a news release said.
After the woman was found, Deputies took her to a local hospital for a mental health evaluation. ...
UCSO stressed that the woman did not break the law, saying “But we want to be clear that ... she did nothing against the law. And in the future, she might choose to return to the same area.” ...