Sonoma County authorities said they didn’t have the resources to look for missing people with fires spreading and more evacuations.

Jessica Tunis hoped desperately that her mother was somewhere safe, unable to tell people who she was. The family continued calling hospitals seeking Jane Does and hitting up evacuation centers.

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On Wednesday, her brother Robert Tunis picked through the debris where his mother’s house once stood, searching for clues to what happened to her.

“She’s spunky, she’s sweet, she loves bingo and she loves the beach, she loves her family,” said Jessica Tunis on Wednesday, crying.

“Please help me find her. I need her back. I don’t want to lose my mom.”

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Hours later Tunis texted an AP reporter to say her brother had found their mother’s remains among the debris. Authorities put the remains of the 69-year-old woman in a small white plastic bag and strapped it to a gurney before taking it away.

Jessica Tunis didn’t forget to update her friends on Facebook:

“My mother’s remains have been found at her home at Journey’s End. May she rest in peace, my sweet Momma.”