UPDATE:
March 21, 2023 -  The Mesa County Sheriff's Office has obtained confirmation from the Utah Medical Examiner's Office that  Melissa Gonzales is positively identified as the occupant discovered in her vehicle found Saturday morning in Utah. The cause and manner of her death will be determined by the Utah Medical Examiner's Office and is still pending.

Melissa Gonzales was last seen on November 15, 2022, and was reported missing by her family late that evening.

March 19, 2023:  The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office has been notified by the Grand County Sheriff’s Office in Utah that a vehicle identified as belonging to missing Grand Junction woman Melissa Gonzales was found in a remote area of the Book Cliffs north of Moab. According to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, “All aspects of the located vehicle are consistent with a motor vehicle accident having no suspicious circumstances at this time.” The vehicle did contain a single deceased occupant; the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner will release identification and manner of death. 

Mrs. Gonzales was last seen in Fruita, Colorado, on November 15, 2022.