SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) – Utah police say they’ve found the body of a woman who disappeared on her way home from English class three years ago shortly after she moved from Mexico.
Authorities said Thursday that Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado’s death is being investigated as a homicide after her skeletal remains were found in a canyon several miles (kilometers) from where she was last seen.
The 26-year-old Salgado was last seen in 2015 leaving class to walk home in Provo, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City. She never made it.
FILE – In this April 24, 2015, file photo, shows Elizabeth Smart holding a photo of Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado during a news conference, in Sandy, Utah. According to the Deseret News, investigators confirmed Wednesday, May 23, 2018 that they have found the remains of Salgado who had been missing for more than three years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
She was from Chiapas, Mexico and moved to Provo about a month before her disappearance to study English shortly after finishing a Mormon mission in Mexico.
FILE – In this April 24, 2015, file photo, shows Edward Smart holding a photo of missing student Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado during a news conference, in Sandy, Utah. According to the Deseret News, investigators confirmed Wednesday, May 23, 2018 that they have found the remains of Salgado who had been missing for more than three years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
FILE – In this April 30, 2015, file photo, shows missing student Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado’s parents Libertad Edith Salgado and Julio Cesar Laguna speaking during a news conference in Provo, Utah, after traveling from their home in Chiapas, Mexico. According to the Deseret News, investigators confirmed Wednesday, May 23, 2018 that they have found the remains of Salgado who had been missing for more than three years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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