Human skeletal remains discovered in the Ventura Riverbed last week have been identified as a 21-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a year, authorities announced Monday.

Zyanya Valora had last been seen on April 26, 2024, by family at the home she shared with them in the 11000 block of North Ventura Avenue in Mira Monte, an unincorporated Ojai Valley community, the Ventura County Star reported.

The 21-year-old’s parents, Damaris Dac and Gabriel Valora said on a website dedicated to finding their daughter that they believe she’d left the home at around 2 a.m. on April 25, 2024, possibly through her bedroom window where a screen had been removed.

Family members also said that cellphone records showed her connected to public wi-fi just two blocks from the house at around 3 a

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