Diana Bober

Search and rescue crews looking for a missing 55-year-old Gresham woman last seen 12 days ago discovered the body of a woman near Mount Hood in Clackamas County on Monday.

The identity of the woman found is pending confirmation from the state medical examiner's office, said Sgt. Brian Jensen, a Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman. County deputies and other searchers were in the area looking for Diana Bober, an avid hiker who hadn't been seen by her family since August 29.

The woman was found several miles away from the Zigzag Ranger Station, about 17 miles east of Sandy. Bober's car was found at the ranger station on Saturday, Jensen said

Gresham police notified the public Bober was missing last Friday. Bober often hiked in the Mount Hood and Columbia River Gorge area and relatives suspected something may have happened to her while she was hiking, police said.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

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