Officials said on Thursday that California woman who vanished earlier this month was found dead in Nevada in what authorities are investigating as a homicide.

Placer County police said a drone was used to locate Patricia Portella-Wright’s body off an embankment near Mt. Rose Highway in Washoe County. Portella-Wright’s boyfriend, Brent Clifford has been booked into jail in connection with her presumed murder, according to KCRA .

Portella-Wright, 48, was last seen on August 4, though she was not reported missing until August 9 after she did not show up for work.

KCRA reported that Clifford is the suspect in another homicide, which occurred in Reno, Nevada. In that case, a 68-year-old man was found fatally shot two days before Portella-Wright was reported missing.

According to SFGate, Clifford was apprehended in Portola while driving in a car belonging to the male victim.

Clifford was allegedly the last person seen with Portella-Wright. Authorities have not provided additional information about the 68-year-old’s slaying or Clifford’s relationship to him.

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[Featured image: Placer County Sheriff’s Office]