LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — The Mohave County Sheriff's Office has launched a death investigation after human remains were found in a desert area in Lake Havasu City.
Officials say they received a tip Monday evening that personal items belonging to Marissa Nicole Hoffman, 33, who was reported missing on July 10, were located near London Bridge Road. The sheriff's office sent a search crew to the area Wednesday and located human remains.
Mohave County Sheriff's Detectives were deployed to the scene to conduct a death investigation and said the remains appeared to be Hoffman. The medical examiner's office will perform an autopsy to provide a positive identification and cause of death.
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