Woman, son, 25-pound bar of gold still missing

DEER LODGE — Authorities are still searching for a 79-year-old Montana woman, her adult son and a $480,000 bar of gold.

The Missoulian reports that Beverly Giannonatti and her 57-year-old son Gregory Giannonatti went missing a month ago. Officials say Beverly was having some work done to her deceased ex-husband’s house when a cleaning woman found a 25-pound bar of gold there.

Powell County Sheriff Scott Howard says Beverly was reported missing about a week after the gold was discovered. Officers found unattended dogs at her house. At her son’s home, the TV was left on, a roast was cooking in a slow cooker and another dog had been left alone.

There was no sign of a struggle in either house or at the house that belonged to Beverly’s ex-husband.

The FBI joined the search in early November.