By Roger Lanse

According to Captain Melinda Hobbs of the Silver City Police Department, officers continue to investigate the missing person incident involving Toni Padilla. The approximately 60-year-old Padilla was first reported missing Sunday, July 5, 2020, when her mother advised the Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority that Padilla had been missing since 1 p.m. on Friday, July 3. She told the Beat that the department is following leads and interviewing people and are looking for additional individuals that have been difficult to locate.

Hobbs said that human remains which were found on or near Highway 15 yesterday, Wednesday, July 15, have no connection to the Padilla case. Hobbs could not provide additional information about that discovery at this time.