A body recovered in the Santa Cruz Mountains last month is that of Jeanne Burke, the 73-year-old woman who went missing in November, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release Saturday.
Burke was the subject of intense search efforts in the days and weeks following the last sighting of her, on the afternoon of Nov. 18 near the Felton quarry, walking toward Empire Grade Road. Her body was found Jan. 18 in a wooded area inside the search zone near Ice Cream Grade and Moore Ranch Road.
At the time she went missing, the sheriff’s office described Burke as “at risk” due to medical concerns…