The Arkansas State Crime Lab has positively identified remains found at a park as those of an 18-year-old who went missing back in 2015.
Ebby Steppach was last seen Oct. 24, 2015. She was 18 years old at the time and her vehicle was later found at Chalamont Park in west Little Rock. November 2016 was the last time Little Rock police searched the park in connection with her disappearance.
Cold case investigators working the Ebby Steppach case initiated a search of a drainage pipe at the park earlier this week.
With help from public works, police dug up and searched the pipe where they found human remains on Tuesday.. Police said the remains were skeletal and that the pipe opens near where Steppach's car was found.
On Wednesday, authorities confirmed the remains were identified as Steppach's.
In a statement, the family of Ebby thanked everyone who supported the efforts to find her and said "God answered the family's prayers to find Ebby."
"Her story has touched many in ways that she could not have ever imagined," the family said.
Read the full statement by clicking here.