UPDATE: Authorities now confirm that the body found near a crashed car in Angeles National Forest belongs to missing 19-year-old Sarah Alarid, according to KPCC.
Authorities discovered a vehicle in a ravine off Angeles National Forest and a body near it, NBC4 reports.
The car found Wednesday off an Angeles National Forest road is reportedly registered to Sarah Alarid, a 19-year-old Canyon Country woman who went missing New Year's Day.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Steve Whitmore told NBC4 that investigators made the connection after running a check of the vehicle's license plates Wednesday morning.
Los Angeles County Fire Department and Montrose Search & Rescue Team were called to the location off Sandy Canyon Road.
The vehicle was found near what was initially investigated as a shallow grave discovered earlier Wednesday.
Both directions of Sand Canyon Road at Bear Divide will be closed during the investigation, according to the California Highway Patrol.
This article was updated at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
