BOULDER COUNTY, Colorado– On Friday, around 6:30 pm, Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 2500 block of Flagstaff Road in unincorporated Boulder County after receiving a report that a missing person had been seen in the area on Thursday May 21st. Deputies along with detectives from the Boulder Police Department, members of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office Wildland Fire Crew, Boulder City Parks and Open Space, and the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group began searching the area and located a deceased female believed to be in her late teens or early twenties.
On Sunday, the Boulder County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the victim as 17-year-old Lara Elise Diesh, of Boulder. She had been missing since Thursday and was identified as an at-risk teen.
The body was located in steep, rocky terrain at the base of a cliff estimated to be approximately 100 feet tall. When the body was discovered the conditions were deemed to be too unsafe for rescue personnel to remove her due to the heavy rain and fog at the time.
On May 23rd, at 8:00 am, Sheriff’s detectives along with detectives from the Boulder Police Department and investigators from the Boulder County Coroner’s Office, members of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, and City of Boulder Parks and Open Space Officers returned to the area to remove the victim. This body removal is still in progress at this time and is again being slowed by the weather conditions. It is expected that the victim’s body will be removed within the next three hours.
The incident is currently being investigated by the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and the Boulder County Coroner’s Office.
The Coroner’s Office will release the name of the deceased, once identification has been verified and notification has been made to the next of kin. The Coroner’s Office will make the final determination as to the cause and manner of the woman’s death, however foul play is not suspected.
