LURAY, Va. — A physique believed to be that of a lacking Virginia lady has been discovered within the Shenandoah Nationwide Park, officers stated Saturday.
Primarily based on the preliminary identification of the stays, the seek for Julia Christine Devlin has been suspended, the park stated in a information launch.
Devlin, a 55-year-old College of Virginia economics division lecturer, was final seen in Charlottesville on July 14, information retailers reported.
Safety footage confirmed Devlin’s automobile coming into the park late that Wednesday, park officers have stated. Her sedan was discovered wrecked and deserted July 17 on Skyline Drive within the southern a part of the park.
Canine groups and officers with the FBI, Albemarle County Sheriff’s Workplace and Virginia Division of Emergency Administration assisted within the search effort, together with many search-and-rescue teams, based on Saturday’s information launch.
The physique was discovered round 10 a.m. in “extraordinarily steep and tough terrain within the southernmost a part of the park,” the information launch stated. It was being transported to a health worker, who will affirm the id and decide the reason for demise.
Authorities didn’t say whether or not foul play was suspected within the demise or the place precisely the physique was present in relation to the wrecked automobile.
