The family of a Walnut Creek woman who went missing last June said they were notified Thursday by the county coroner that her remains have been identified. Erika Lloyd, 37, was last heard from on Sunday, June 14, 2020. She told her family she was going to Joshua Tree National Park to “unplug.” Rangers found Lloyd’s vandalized black Honda Accord the next day at Indian Cove campground in the park and left a note on the car about the damage; when they returned later that day, the car was gone. On June 16, a CHP officer found the beat-up car on Shelton Road, east of Twentynine Palms, and had it towed. Lloyd’s family reported her missing June 17, and at that time, learned that her car had been found outside the park. On January 31, a hiker walking near Danby Road found decomposed human remains, about a mile and a half west of Shelton Road.
