Colorado Woman Missing After Solo Shopping Trip Found Dead 1 Week Later

A Colorado woman who went missing in late November has been found dead.

Karlyn Tilley, public information officer with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to ABC affiliate KMGH-TV on Monday, Dec. 2, that 46-year-old Jayna Lang died by an apparent suicide. No further information has been released at this time.

PEOPLE has reached out to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for comment.

Lang was last seen by her family in Littleton on Sunday, Nov. 24, the Park County Sheriff’s Office previously stated in a release. She reportedly told her relatives that she was going to visit the Outlets at Silverthorne, KMGH reported at the time.

“Please be on the lookout for this vehicle and female party … She was headed to Summit County. She liked to frequently visit Park County, especially the Indian Mountain subdivision,” a police release stated on Thursday, Nov. 28.

KMGH-TV reported that Lang left home in her white 2016 Toyota 4Runner with a license plate marked “JAYNA.”

In a Facebook update posted by Laigo-Horvat on Sunday, Dec. 1, the family shared that they had received “not good news” regarding Lang’s whereabouts, although she did not disclose what they had been told at the time.

“Sending this with broken hearts 💔 & tears!!! We were notified tonight with the not good news regarding my sister-in-law Jayna 😔,” Laigo-Horvat wrote. 

Family members had been posting regular updates on their search for Lang up until the latest update shared by her sister-in-law on Sunday, Dec. 1. 

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Lang’s brother, Eric Horvat, previously shared that he last spoke to his sister the day she went missing. 

“Never, never did we ever think that she would be gone, and we don’t know where, where she’s at,” he told KMGH. “She was supposed to be going to Silverthorne to look at the factory shops on Sunday.” 

He added at the time, “We miss her. Tell her to come home. Give us a call. Let us know you’re okay.”

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.