Remains Found in Angeles National Forest Above Monrovia Confirmed to be Missing Woman from 2014

LOS ANGELES, CA -- The coroner's office confirmed Thursday that remains found near a crashed SUV in Angeles National Forest were those of a 47-year-old woman last seen leaving a child's party in Sunland in 2014.

Kimberly Blum's skeletal remains were found off Angeles Crest Highway on Aug. 24, the day after Caltrans personnel noticed skid marks on the road and a crashed silver Honda CRV was located about 500 feet down an embankment.

The SUV was subsequently linked to the missing Sunland woman. An autopsy was conducted on Tuesday, but the cause of death has been deferred pending the results of toxicological tests, according to the county coroner's office.

Blum had last been seen suddenly leaving a graduation party for her niece in the 10000 block of Newhome Avenue on June 5, 2014, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Some of her belongings, including medicine, were later found along Angeles Crest Highway, but a search of the area, involving the sheriff's Montrose Search and Rescue Team, turned up no further clues.

A $5,000 reward had been offered for information leading to Blum's safe return.

The skid marks discovered on the highway turned out to be from a recent crash and unrelated to the SUV, according to the sheriff's department.

Blum worked at Caltech, but shortly before she went missing, she launched her own personal organizing business called Garage Fairy.

-- City News Service, photo courtesy of the LASD