Skeletal remains found in West Marin has been confirmed as those of Shuqin Zhang, a University of California graduate student reporting missing in early January, a Marin coroner’s official said Monday.

Zhang, 22, was despondent and had failed a class before she was reported missing. She also failed to board a Jan. 8 flight for China, where she was scheduled to be interviewed for an internship, according to Berkeley police.

Using her cellphone data, Berkeley police determined she might have headed for the coast. Authorities then found her car parked near the Point Reyes Lighthouse.

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office, the National Park Service and the U.S. Coast Guard searched the area but were unable to find her.

In April, some hikers in the Point Reyes National Seashore spotted some bones they thought might be human, Chief Deputy Coroner Darrell Harris said Monday. The bones were at the base of a cliff about 2 miles south of the visitors center at Drake’s Beach, which is near where Zhang’s car was found.

Authorities had already obtained DNA samples from family members of Zhang. The coroner’s office sent the bones to a lab for DNA comparison, and the results recently confirmed the remains as Zhang’s, Harris said.

The cause and manner of death remain undetermined, but Harris said investigators with the Berkeley Police Department and the National Park Service have reported no indication of foul play surrounding Zhang’s disappearance, Harris said.

The remains have been released to family members for cremation. —— (c)2016 The Marin Independent Journal (Novato, Calif.) Visit The Marin Independent Journal (Novato, Calif.) at www.marinij.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. AMX-2016-07-26T08:17:00-04:00