Hiker finds missing woman’s car, human bones

A hiker found human bones, as well as the car of a La Crescenta mother reported missing in 2012, in Angeles National Forest on Sunday afternoon, police said.

The discovery marks a major break in the disappearance of 33-year-old Megan Sue Dipiazza, who went missing on Nov. 11, 2012, after leaving a note in her apartment saying “goodbye to her family,” police said at the time.

A man hiking on a trail roughly 20 minutes up Angeles Crest Highway on Sunday afternoon stumbled upon the car, as well as Dipiazza’s identification card, roughly 500 feet down a ravine, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.

The hiker then searched her name online, and when he realized what he’d found, he called the police.

By the time investigators arrived on scene Sunday evening, it was too dark to conduct a search, so they returned on Monday morning.

In her car, detectives found a photo of Dipiazza and her family, as well as credit cards. The car key was in the ignition, but the seat belt was not fastened, Lightfoot said.

Investigators also found multiple human bones.

Glendale police, along with Los Angeles County coroner’s officials, were on scene investigating.

Further details were not immediately available.