LAKE TAHOE -- The search for 19-year-old Alyssa Byrne had a tragic ending with the report that they've found her body earlier this morning.

This morning at around 8:30 a utility worker discovered the body of an adult female on Pioneer Trail between Black Bart and Al Tahoe. It was soon confirmed that the body was that of Petaluma, CA resident Alyssa Byrne. Alyssa’s body was just off the roadway, but obstructed from view by a snow bank. The location where the body was found is approximately 1 mile west of the Snow Globe music festival, the event she had come to Lake Tahoe to attend.

On January 2, 2013 at around 3:00pm, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received information of a missing 19-year-old female, Alyssa Byrne. The sheriff’s office received a courtesy report from another agency.  The initial report stated that Alyssa was attending the Snow Globe event in the city of South Lake Tahoe, Ca. however; she was staying in the Horizon Casino, in Stateline, NV.

The report stated her cell phone was last used in the city of South Lake Tahoe prior to midnight on 12-31-12. Alyssa was reportedly last seen by friends inside the Horizon Casino at approximately 30 minutes after midnight on January 1^st. Family and friends had not seen or heard from her since the early morning of 01-01-13.

Douglas County Sheriffs soon started an investigation in conjuction with South Lake Tahoe Police Department, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, FBI, Douglas County Search and Rescue and air support from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.

 Anyone with any information is asked to contact Douglas County Dispatch at 775-782-5126 or Investigator Dennis Slater at 775-586-7255.