Missing Woman Located Deceased in Open Desert Area

BAKER – The search for a missing Las Vegas woman ended on Sunday afternoon after she was found deceased in an open desert area near Baker, California. On Sunday, August 28, 2016, deputies from the Barstow station were made aware of the missing woman who was possibly in the area of Old Spanish Trail.

The missing woman, identified as Pi-Wei “Linda” Hung was driving from Las Vegas, Nevada to Fort Irwin, California but was not heard from since she was in the Charleston View area of Inyo County on Saturday afternoon.

A multi-agency search was conducted which included two helicopters to help locate Hung. At around 2:30 p.m. Hung’s vehicle was located by a helicopter. Authorities were able to determine that Hung left her vehicle on foot. The search continued until at around 5:00 p.m. Hung was found deceased  around 5 miles away from her vehicle.

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