On Thursday, police found a body near Mount Rose Highway. It is believed to be 48-year-old Patricia Portella-Wright, who was reported missing on August 9. According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, authorities are still awaiting confirmation.

The California woman was believed to be with her boyfriend, Brent Clifford, a person of interest in a murder investigation in northwest Reno.

According to Reno police, Clifford, 55, also of Kings Beach, traveled to Reno from the Tahoe area on Aug. 9 to visit a friend. RPD investigators identified that friend as William F. Andrews, 68, of Reno, who was found dead Sunday in a residence in the 1300 block of Keystone Avenue. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head, police said.