Body of Michigan traveling nurse found in California after two-week search

The body of a traveling nurse from Michigan who went missing two weeks ago has been found in California.

Ann Herford, 66, of Elkin, west of Bad Axe in the Thumb region, was reported missing Nov. 15 after not showing up for work at Adventist Health in Sonara, Calif., the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

Herford had last been seen near a trailhead of the Arnold Rim Trail, a densely forested area in Arnold, California.

Her body was found Thursday morning north of where her car was originally parked, not within the trail system, in a “35-degree sloped hillside beneath heavy tree canopy and dense foliage,” the sheriff’s office said.

Due to the terrain, her body was transported by a California Highway Patrol aircraft, the sheriff’s office said.

Herford’s family told authorities she enjoyed hiking but lacked wilderness survival skills and never planned to hike for more than a few miles at a time.

The Air National Guard, U.S. Army Aircraft, numerous state and county departments and volunteers assisted in air and ground searches.

The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said detectives are still investigating the incident, but the circumstances of Herford’s death do not appear suspicious.