SILVIES — Law enforcement officials have identified the bodies found Thursday, July 7, on public land northwest of Drewsey as those of a missing Idaho woman and her 16-year-old daughter.

The bodies of Dawna Faye Roe, 51, and Gabrielle Michelle Roe, 16, of Caldwell, Idaho, who had been missing since July 6, were found in a 2004 Toyota van that belonged to Dawna just inside Grant County near the Harney County line, according to a Friday, July 8, press release from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

The cause of death is still under investigation, the press release noted. However, according to Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley, no other individuals are currently being sought.

Silvies Ranch employees reported seeing a dead body in a van on Thursday, according to the press release.

Grant and Harney County sheriff’s deputies discovered a second body concealed in the van after Silvies employees led them to the area, McKinley said.

The sheriff declined to be specific about exactly where the bodies were found, except to say it was a remote location about midway between Drewsey and Silvies.

The deputies secured the area and called in the Major Crimes Team, which includes investigators from the Oregon State Police and the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, along with state police forensics personnel.

The case remains under investigation.