{"id":366938,"date":"2026-06-19T09:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366938\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:02:32","slug":"body-found-in-search-for-missing-california-woman-ashley-phillips-who-vanished-in-costa-rica-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366938\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found in search for missing California woman Ashley Phillips who vanished in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A body has been found in the area<\/a> where a California woman went missing in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

Ashley Phillips, 30, vanished after she went on a hiking trail while a devastating storm struck.<\/p>\n

The body has not been confirmed to be Phillips. A video showed harnessed rescuers taking a body out of a river in the country.<\/p>\n

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“Their beloved daughter and sister, Ashley Phillips, has been missing in Costa Rica after severe weather caused flooding and mudslides during a hike.” THE WILD PLUM<\/p>\n

Her family is devastated but takes some solace in knowing her potential body will come home. Costa Rican authorities previously told them that it was likely she disappeared in a “water-related accident.”<\/a><\/p>\n

She has been missing for more than two weeks, as search efforts, which were initially underway, were once paused due to the torrid conditions before they resumed.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0set up on June 9 said: “For the past seven days, the Jonkey and Phillips family have been living through every parent’s and sibling’s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n

“Their beloved daughter and sister, Ashley Phillips, has been missing in Costa Rica after severe weather caused flooding and mudslides during a hike.”<\/p>\n

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The body has not been confirmed to be Phillips. A video showed harnessed rescuers taking a body out of a river in the country. Benemerito cuerpo bomberos de costa rica<\/p>\n

The fundraiser has a goal of $20,000 and has raised more than $18,000 as of Thursday.<\/p>\n

In another update posted on June 12, the family marked 10 days since her disappearance, noting search efforts had become difficult because of the weather.<\/p>\n

It continued: “Today marks 10 days since Ashley went on a hike and did not return. Due to ongoing severe weather conditions in Costa Rica, the search efforts have been temporarily paused.”<\/p>\n

It added: “However, the search is expected to resume once conditions improve and the drier season begins.”<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Phillips, her father, said Ashley was staying in an “isolated area” where emergency services would be limited. Ashley Phillips appeared happy, and last spoke to her father about a little baby pineapple that was growing on a pineapple bush.<\/p>\n

The woman was aiming for a restorative stay at\u00a0HOME Farm<\/a>\u00a0(which stands for “Heaven On Mother Earth”) in Costa Rica’s Diamant\u00e9 Valley, a regenerative sanctuary nestled in the heart of the rainforest resting on 55 acres of lush tropical jungle and sitting atop the Nauyaca waterfalls.<\/p>\n

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