Missing 55-year-old Loretta Pilitsis was found dead near her Piñon Hills home a month after vanishing, prompting a sheriff's investigation.

A Piñon Hills woman who went missing in late May was found dead in a desert area near her home, authorities said.

Investigators have determined a body found in a desert area of Piñon Hills last week belonged to a woman who went missing ...

Loretta Pilitsis was last seen alive near her home in Piñon Hills, Calif., on Monday, May 25 ...

A 26-year-old woman was found deceased in the Arizona desert after being left behind by her group. The woman had called her family in Mexico to report she was unwell. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ...