There is a “strong possibility” the human remains authorities found in east Floyd County Friday are those of Ashley Jones, a 24-year-old woman who was reported missing in early February, county police said.

“The location of the discovery Friday is within walking distance of the area where Jones was last seen alive,” Floyd police said in a prepared statement issued Saturday.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab will examine the remains, Floyd police said. The GBI referred questions back to Floyd police.

Jones’ mother, Cyndi, posted about the discovery on Facebook Friday, saying she was “devastated.”

“My beautiful daughter was found today,” she said in her post. “I am heartbroken to say that she is no longer with us. I cannot express to you the heartache and pain I feel.”

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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