Kelsey Pittman, 33, has been found alive in Colorado nine months after she was reported missing, authorities said.

A North Carolina resident was shockingly found alive nine months after she went missing and her car was discovered abandoned near California’s Death Valley National Park. “The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office is relieved to announce that Kelsey Pittman has been located alive in the state of Colorado,” the agency said on Facebook Tuesday.

Kelsey Pittman had last spoken to her family in November 2024, officials said. Her car was found near Death Valley in February 2025.