Body found during search for missing 73-year-old Santa Cruz County hiker
By Ricardo Tovar
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BONNY DOON, Calif. (KSBW) — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said a body was found during the search for missing at-risk hiker Jeanne Burke, who was last seen on Nov. 18, 2025.
Deputies and search teams continued search efforts Saturday and Sunday in the area of Ice Cream Grade and Moore Ranch Road, where Burke was last seen.
Burke was described as wearing a red-and-black plaid jacket, black pants, one pink sandal, and one black sandal. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, has a medium build, weighs 108 pounds, and has long gray hair, blue eyes, and glasses.
On Sunday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said a body was found in a “densely wooded area within the identified search zone.”
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has not yet determined the identity of the person found. More information will be released when available.
“We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the Santa Cruz County Search and Rescue Team for their resilience and dedication throughout the search efforts, and to thank the community and all assisting agencies who have traveled to support the continued search for Ms. Burke,” the sheriff’s office said in a media release.
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