The family of a woman who went missing during what was reportedly a routine shopping trip has been found dead after more than a week.
Jayna Lang, 46, disappeared on November 24 and Colorado police confirmed to DailyMail.com on Monday that she had committed suicide. Due to the nature of the case, officials declined to say more.
The “sad update” — as a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office public information officer put it — came just hours after Lang’s family members took to Facebook to make their own announcement, revealing they had received news of Lang’s whereabouts , and that it was ‘not good’. ‘
Sister-in-law Stacy Laigo-Horvat, 45, was the one who made the confession – just hours after her husband, Lang’s brother Eric Horvat, thanked onlookers for their well wishes.
Horvat, 44, was one of the last to speak to Lang before she disappeared — he communicated via text message the day she disappeared.
Lang told him she was headed to a mall in Summit County, a few miles from the home she shared with her husband in Littleton. She never came back.
The next day — in the wake of Laigo-Horvat’s cryptic post — a source described only as a “family member” told FOX31 that Lang was found dead Sunday evening of an apparent suicide.
No other details were provided, nor were there reasons why she might have taken her own life. Her failure to show up for work prompted the search, which was called just days before Thanksgiving.
Jayna Lang, 46, disappeared on November 24 and Colorado police confirmed to DailyMail.com on Monday that she had committed suicide. Due to the nature of the case, officials would not say more
The “sad update” — as a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office public information officer put it — came just hours after Lang’s family members took to Facebook to make their own announcement, revealing they had received news. Lang is seen here with her husband and two dogs
Photos on her social media suggest she lost her mother last year, as well as her two dogs, one of which she had to put down in June.
DailyMail.com has contacted both her brother and sister-in-law for comment.
Hours before police made the grim discovery, brother Eric Horvat explained the details surrounding Lang’s disappearance Denver7.
“She was going to Silverthorne on Sunday to look at the factory stores,” he said.
“Her job called us and said she didn’t show up Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and now no one has heard from her or spoken to her or anything.”
He called the news not only unusual, but disturbing, and enough to start the search.
“My aunt and her talk every day,” he told the channel at the time, not long before police received confirmation that the search had come to an unceremonious end.
Lang was described by her brother as athletic and outdoorsy. Lang works at a dog grooming salon and months ago had one of her two dogs put to sleep, both of which have since passed away. In a heartfelt tribute to the two, Lang wrote last month: ‘I miss you both so much Wrigley and Jazzy’
Long told family she was on her way to the Outlets at Silverthorne in Summit County before she disappeared and killed herself
According to her brother, Jayna, pictured with her husband, wouldn’t normally go a few days without contacting family
Police and Lang’s family had asked people to be on the lookout for Lang’s car with custom “JAYNA” license plates. It is unclear whether the car has also been found
“Me and her, every few days,” he added. “So… not hearing from her, it’s very, very suspicious.”
Horvat called his older sister an outdoorsman and athletic. He further revealed how she had worked at a dog grooming company, further proving her love for the four-legged animals.
“Never, never did we think she would be gone,” he added.
He and police had told locals to be on the lookout for Lang and her white Toyota SUV, photos of which were shared over the week.
It remained unclear on Monday whether the car had also been recovered.
In an apparent tribute to her two late dogs last month, Lang wrote, “I miss you both so much Wrigley and Jazzy.”