Update: Lauren Cho, missing New Jersey woman, remains found in Southern California

Update: Remains have been found in Southern California and have been identified as Lauren Cho on October 28th, 2021. 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.

Missing Persons Case

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 have ramped up their search for the 30-year-old New Jersey woman who was last seen three months ago in Yucca Valley.

Air and ground searches have been conducted since Cho’s disappearance, but so far there’s been no sign of her.

Cho is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 110 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a yellow T-shirt and jean shorts.

WHO IS LAUREN CHO?

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.