Update: On October 28, remains were found in Southern California and have been identified as Lauren Cho.
According to the San Bernardino County Sherriff’s Office, the cause and manner of death is pending toxicology results.
They went on to say no further information will be released on this case until toxicology results are available and new information is discovered as a result.
Lauren Cho was last seen on June 28, walking away from the home where she had been staying with her former partner in California.
Nearly four months into her disappearance investigators ramped up their search for the 30-year-old New Jersey woman who was last seen three months ago in Yucca Valley, CA.
Air and ground searches were conducted since Cho’s disappearance.
WHO IS LAUREN CHO?
Lauren Cho is a New Jersey native whose friends called her “El,” according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun.
She moved to California eight months before she disappeared, the Hi-Desert Star repprted.
She drove across the country with her friend in a tour bus for a “different life,” Cody Orell, the last person to see Cho before she vanished, told Hi-Desert Star.
“There was a 10-minute window there and she evaporated,” Orell told the news outlet.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department’s dispatch center at (760) 956-5001 or Detective Ables at (760) 366-4175.
