Overview
- The Gila County Sheriff's Office confirmed the woman is Christina Marie Plante and removed her missing-person status.
- Plante vanished on May 15, 1994, after leaving her home in Star Valley to walk to a stable where her horse was kept.
- Decades of reviews and a cold-case unit kept the file active as flyers, interviews, and database checks continued.
- Investigators credit modern technology and a new case review for generating leads that identified her.
- Media reports say she lived under another name and started a family and that early investigators probed a custody dispute, though authorities have not confirmed those details.