NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The search for a Santa Rosa woman missing since Friday ended on Tuesday afternoon with the discovery of her body.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s volunteer search and rescue team found the body of 54-year-old Catherine Huberty at about 2:25 p.m. Tuesday in a steep area along Redwood Hill Road, according to Sgt. Spencer Crum.

Huberty, who had mental health and mobility issues, had been reported missing on Saturday, according to Crum.

Crum said that during the investigation authorities found that she had been captured by a video surveillance system walking uphill in the 2200 block of Mark West Springs Road on Friday evening.

The search and rescue team, which had been actively looking for Huberty since she was reported missing, located her body about 150 feet down a steep ravine in the 2000 block of Redwood Hill Road, Crum said.

Due to the difficult terrain, Huberty’s body had to be flown out by the sheriff’s helicopter, Crum said.

Crum said initial indications are that Huberty slipped and fell. 

He offered the agency’s condolences to her friends and family.