
A woman vanished from a home in the California desert in June and hasn't been seen since
CNN
When New Jersey native Lauren Cho moved to California late last year she dreamed of a fresh start. The sheriff's department said Cho was reported missing about three hours after she disappeared on June 28.
The cross-country trip came at the right time, friends say, because the pandemic was wearing on her. A change of scenery was enticing and the 30-year-old was excited about the chance to work as a pastry chef. Her Instagram page is filled with her baked creations.
Cho, whom friends call "El," had been staying at an Airbnb home in the Yucca Valley, which is about a two-hour drive from Los Angeles and about 12 miles from Joshua Tree National Park, when she vanished in late June.

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