Authorities have identified a Missouri mother who found her skeletal remains in a remote wooded area six months after she mysteriously disappeared.
The identity of Emily Streit, 34, was identified in medical and dental records after a homeowner on Frissell Road discovered the skeletal remains of the mother of four in a wooded area on September 28, according to reports. It was confirmed by. jefferson county sheriff's office.
Authorities say the cause of death has not been determined and the investigation into Streit's disappearance and death is ongoing, leaving Streit's family and friends desperate for answers.
“We're praying now that we get answers and that those who hurt her are brought to justice,” said Streit's childhood friend, Amanda Bauman. fox 2 now.
“She literally lit up the room every chance she got.”
Streit's friends say she was in and out of an abusive relationship with her youngest child's father, and was last seen April 12 at a friend's house in the De Soto area where she was staying. I had just left on foot. According to the police.
Eight days later, his mother reported him missing.
Charlyn McCullin and her daughter last spoke on the phone on the morning of April 12th. NBC News reported. Streit told her mother that she was going to visit her three children in Illinois, where they lived with their father.
Panic began a week later when the children's father contacted McClain to say he hadn't heard from Streit in over a week, adding that he was unaware of Streit's plans to visit the children. Ta.
“He never called me and asked me any questions about Emily or tried to tell me anything about Emily,” McClain told NBC.
“So when he called me, I panicked because he'd never done anything like that before.”
McClain filed a missing persons report the next day.
Police said there was no evidence of foul play or crime in either Streit's disappearance or death, and the case remains without suspects or persons of interest, NBC reported.
“That shouldn't have happened,” Bauman told NBC. “She didn't deserve to just disappear into thin air.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau at 636-797-5515.
