SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Authorities say human remains found last month in a remote part of a canyon near Salt Lake City have been identified as a Murray woman reported missing in 2015.
Unified Police spokesman Brian Lohrke said in a statement Wednesday that after comparing dental records the remains were identified as Kellie Josephson, who was 55-years-old when she disappeared.
Officials say the remains, found by a hiker in Deaf Smith Canyon, were near a syringe and three bottles of insulin. Two bottles were still full.
Authorities say they are still investigating the cause of death.
The canyon sits between Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons and the area where the remains were found doesn’t see much foot traffic. Lohrke says it sits at the bottom of an 80 to 90-foot cliff.
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