Mendocino County search and rescue personnel hope to recover missing woman’s body at low tide (UPDATE: 4 p.m. — body recovered)

UPDATE: 4 p.m. — MCSO has recovered human remains in the search area, but the decedent has not yet been identified.

MENDOCINO Co., 1/8/24 — This afternoon authorities are attempting to recover the remains of a woman believed to have drowned north of Westport this weekend. Rebecca Jones, 48, was last seen around 11:30 a.m. Friday near a campsite roughly 200 yards from the ocean. Her clothing was found Saturday, along with a body trapped in a rocky area along the shore — but hazardous surf prevented recovery of the body.