The family of a Mexican woman found dead in Utah visited the site where her body was found and held an emotional memorial.
The Daily Herald in Provo reports family members of 26-year-old Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado hugged, prayed and cried together as they planted a cross in the ground Friday in the foothills east of Provo.
Her remains were found last month by a passerby looking for a camping spot. She was missing for three years.
Family members pray on Friday last week in Hobble Creek Canyon near Provo, Utah, where Elizabeth Elena Laguna-Salgado was found
Elizabeth’s family console one another as they lay flowers at the spot in which she was found
Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado went missing in 2015 after disappearing following a language class
The 26-year-old texted her sister after leaving a language school in 2015 but disappeared soon after
Her uncle Rosemberg Salgado says it’s remarkable she was found due to the site’s remote nature.
Most of the family lives in Mexico and traveled to Utah to visit the site and pressure investigators to solve the case.
Investigators say the death is suspicious and they’re interviewing ‘persons of interest.’
Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado, who was originally from Chiapas in Mexico, had only been in the United States for three weeks when she vanished.
The 26-year-old was in Utah to study English after completing a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
After leaving Nomen Global Language Center in Provo she sent a text to her sister in Mexico at 1:30 p.m. but she never made it to her home, two miles away in the city, the Deseret News reported.
Police had few leads over the years about what happened to her, despite intense searches, pleas to the public and a reward for information.
Her skeleton was found last month and identified using dental records and a homicide investigation is currently underway.
Julio Cesar Laguna-Salgado, left, along with family members lay flowers next to a cross in the canyon
The remains of the 26-year-old Mexican woman were discovered by a passer-by looking for a camping spot last month
She had been missing since April 16, 2015, when she was last seen walking home from her English language class
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