A family who launched their own search for a missing Indigenous woman after becoming frustrated with authorities’ perceived lack of action found her body over a week later in the California desert .
Amy Porter, 43, had been missing since September 14 in Lake Elsinore, in Riverside County and had reportedly fled an abusive relationship.
At around 9am on September 22, deputies from the Yucaipa Sheriff’s Station responded to a medical aid call in an area near to the Interstate 10. A body was later identified to be Porter and an autopsy was due to be conducted to determine the manner of her death.
Porter was a member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and the subject of a Feather Alert for an at-risk/ missing person over the weekend.
“Unfortunately, authorities haven’t been as helpful as we would like them to be,” Angelina Lyons, Porter’s cousin, told OnScene.TV on Sunday morning. “We feel like things weren’t taken seriously.”
