Authorities say a Yakama Nation woman missing since her Wapato apartment burned in November is believed to have been found dead in Klickitat County.

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer said Tuesday that deputies responded to a call Saturday reporting that a car was over the bank of State Route 14. Deputies found the vehicle door open and no one inside.

He says hours later, they found a body at the bottom of a cliff along the Columbia River, several hundred yards from the car.

While a positive identification is pending an autopsy, Songer says his department was 99% certain it was the body of Rachel Norris.