Utah woman who went missing near a trailhead in November has been found alive in a tent more than five months after she disappeared in the area, authorities said.The 47-year-old woman, whose name was withheld, was first reported missing on Nov.
25, 2020, in the Diamond Fork area of Spanish Fork Canyon after a U.S. Forest Service official found an abandoned car in a campground parking lot, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Monday.Officials wanted to notify the woman about the seasonal canyon closures but found no sign of her.
They found camping equipment and information that helped identify the missing woman.Officials said the woman "knowingly chose to remain" in the area during the five-month period.