Found Deceased UT - Valerie Gardner, 46, Last Seen Leaving Work in West Valley City, 26 Nov 2021

[Knox]

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Loved ones and officials are searching for a missing woman from Salt Lake City.

Valerie Gardner, 46, was last seen leaving work at Sundance Catalog in West Valley City at around 4 p.m. Friday.

Her family said they last received a text from Gardner at 8 p.m. Friday, but they are not sure where she was at that time.

Gardner is described as being 5'5" with dark hair.

Her family said she drives a black 2012 Hyundai Sonata with the license plate G823BB.

Police said they are investigating the case and ask anyone with information to call dispatch at 801-799-3000 and reference case number 21-218461.

Loved ones, officials searching for missing Salt Lake City woman

 

[Knox]

A Facebook group has been established by loved ones to help find Gardner.

 

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[wnk]

Found deceased

Salt Lake woman found dead in ditch had likely been there a month, UHP says

"because of where the car landed in the ditch, it was almost impossible to see and remained unnoticed for nearly a month"

 

[annpats]

Found deceased

Salt Lake woman found dead in ditch had likely been there a month, UHP says

"because of where the car landed in the ditch, it was almost impossible to see and remained unnoticed for nearly a month"

Oh my. I pray her death was a swift and painless one. Bring stuck there injured for a month doesn't bear thinking about. RIP dear lady.

 

[Unsolved]

This part of the article above makes you even sadder - if only they could have found her that day maybe it would have ended differently:

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Gardner was last seen leaving work in West Valley City on Nov. 26. On that day, the UHP received a 911 call from another motorist who thought they saw a car go into the ravine off the frontage road near the intersection of the Bangerter Highway and state Route 201.

"We did get a 911 call on that afternoon during the time frame she most likely would have been driving through that area," said Hawkes.

But two troopers who responded to the area and searched could not find a car or any evidence of a crash, such as tire tracks in the dirt, Hawkes said.

This picture of her car shows how hard it was to see. RIP Valerie.

Body found in partially submerged car near SR-201 and Bangerter Highway