A body found burned in a secluded Willits area off Highway 162 in 2013 has been identified as Rachel Audrey Sloan, 25, of Laytonville, who wasn’t reported missing until May 2015, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

DNA samples had been taken from Sloan’s family and compared to the DNA profile of the found remains by the California Department of Justice.

The DOJ notified the Sheriff’s Office on Sept. 1, 2015 that the remains matched the DNA of Sloan.

Sloan’s burned body was found the afternoon of May 16, 2013 after the MCSO was notified that possible human remains were located.

The MCSO said the remains were later examined by a forensic anthropologist and were determined to be that of a human, and DNA samples were recovered and a profile was uploaded into the California Department of Justice and National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

Sloan was last seen by her family in Laytonville in August 2012, nor the circumstances leading up to Sloan’s death have been established.

Anybody with information on Sloan’s death is encouraged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office tip line by calling 707-234-2100.