Kelsey Pittman’s household had already reported her lacking weeks earlier when authorities discovered her automobile parked exterior Dying Valley Nationwide Park.
Pittman was recognized to go by “Infinity Jane” or “Jane Jones,” however her household had few clues about the place she was — till their search finally led them to a rugged a part of the Sonoran Desert the place folks favor to reside off the grid.
Pittman was recognized to go to Las Vegas, however the final time anybody heard from her was in November, when she made contact with native police in Utah.
In addition to her deserted car, there have been no indicators the 33-year-old was within the Inyo County space, or tenting out in Dying Valley, Joshua Tree or Slab Metropolis.
However now, the search is over. Authorities this week mentioned she was discovered alive — in Colorado.
“The Inyo County Sheriff’s Workplace is relieved to announce that Kelsey Pittman has been situated alive within the state of Colorado,” the company mentioned in a Fb submit Tuesday.
Out of respect for her and her household’s privateness, the division mentioned it might present no different particulars concerning the case.
The information closes the chapter on a monthslong search that concerned legislation enforcement businesses in a number of states.
Pittman’s household in North Carolina reported her lacking in November.
Inyo County sheriff’s deputies first grew to become concerned within the case after they responded to a report of a suspicious car parked close to Slab Metropolis on Feb. 9.
Deputies discovered a 2009 Chevrolet HHR with North Carolina plates parked within the space. The car was registered to Pittman. Deputies searched the car and the world however didn’t discover her.
A lacking individuals investigation was launched. Even her mom got here to Inyo County to hitch within the search, the Sheriff’s Workplace introduced earlier this month in a information launch.
The Slab Metropolis neighborhood is made up of RV dwellers, artists and different bohemians dwelling off-grid.
Circumstances within the space the place Pittman’s car was discovered are notoriously harsh, and hikers have been recognized to turn out to be disoriented in excessive warmth and disappear and die within the surrounding desert.
Investigators coordinated with a number of police businesses, drone pilots, cadaver canine handlers and volunteer search-and-rescue crews to search for Pittman, till they exhausted these efforts. In asserting her discovery, Inyo County officers thanked search-and-rescue staff for his or her efforts.
