Body Found in Crashed Vehicle Believed to Be Missing 95-Year-Old Woman

A 95-year-old woman who went missing at the beginning of February is believed to have been found dead on an air force base, authorities said.

A woman’s remains were found inside a crashed vehicle in a ravine on an air force base in Jacksonville, Ark. Police believe the woman is Belva Day, who was last seen on Feb. 6, though official identification of the body is still pending, according to ABC affiliate KATV, radio station KTLO and CW affiliate KY3.

“We were notified by law enforcement on the base that they went out, investigated, found the body and car,” Mountain Home Police Chief Eddie Griffin told KTLO of the call the department received on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 4. “It had been wrecked out on a ravine in a remote location on the air force base. A maintenance crew had located it.”

Day hails from Mountain Home, a small town located near the state’s northern border with Missouri, and the base is located approximately 135 miles south. Mountain Home Police Department, which began the investigation, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The Jacksonville Police Department, which is leading the investigation, confirmed they are still awaiting the identification of the body from the local coroner’s office.

Day was last seen driving in Mountain Home on Feb. 6, according to local authorities. Police previously confirmed to PEOPLE that she was seen paying her electric bill and then exiting the city by street cameras that day.

While Griffin told KTLO they can’t make an “absolute, positive identification” of the recovered woman’s remains, authorities have no reason to believe it isn’t Day.

“Our heart goes out to the family,” Griffin told the outlet. “They have been notified of the current situation and investigation.”

MHPD investigator Sam Seamans previously told CBS affiliate KTHV that their search efforts included helicopters, drivers and police on foot.

“It’s just like she just disappeared into thin air,” the investigator said at the time.

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Chaos Divers, an organization that searches for missing people and solves cold cases in the water, also joined in the search, and speaking with NBC affiliate KARK-TV, Chaos Divers owner Jacob Grubbs said the family had given their blessing for the group.

“I mean she could be lost. She could be just still wandering the streets and driving around,” Grubbs told the station. “We don’t know exactly where she’s been since she doesn’t have a debit card and we can track her that way.”

While the search was still ongoing, Day’s daughter, Patti Ades, also spoke candidly local KARK to thank the local Arkansas community for their support in searching for her mother.

“I wouldn’t wish this [on] my worst enemy,” she said in part. “This is a horrible thing for a family to go through.”

While speaking with KTLO, the police chief thanked everyone involved in the search. ”

There’s been so much effort in trying to find Ms. Day in the past almost month,” Griffin told the outlet. “It’s sad, it’s not the conclusion we were hoping for, but a lot of people in this overall area have done great work in efforts to find Ms. Day.”