UPDATE: Missing woman found dead.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is conducting a search for a 35-year-old Salem woman who went missing Saturday.

Authorities say Amber Jayne Eldridge was last seen in Molalla at about 5:45 p.m. She told friends she planned to travel back to Salem.

But her car was found on a road in the Santiam State Forest, about 15 miles south of Molalla, where a search-and-rescue team is currently looking for Eldridge.

She is blonde, standing 5-foot-6 and weighing 130 pounds.

Anyone with information about Eldridge's location is asked to contact authorities at 503-655-8211, 503-723-4949 or at an online tip line (click here). Authorities ask that you reference the case number, 18-029826.

-- Brad Schmidt

bschmidt@oregonian.com

503-294-7628

@_brad_schmidt