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HANKSVILLE, Utah — A Colorado woman missing in a rugged and isolated area of eastern Utah left extensive notes in her car outlining where she had been hiking, including her arrival in a Utah state park before she disappeared, authorities said Tuesday afternoon.
Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon said that the notes written by Rose Backhaus of New Castle were discovered Monday in her parked car at Goblin Valley State Park about 12 miles from Hanksville, Utah.
“She said it was warm, nice and something new,” said Guymon.
Guymon said that Backhaus, 54, an experienced hiker, was not dressed for the colder weather that has moved into eastern Utah in recent days.
But he said that Backhaus may be alive.
