UPDATED: Body of Missing Sudbury Native Found

UPDATED: 3:27 P.M.

Entire Fischer family statement, courtesy wsoctv.com:

"The Fischer family can now confirm that Holly Fischer’s car has been located. The car was located off Highway 16 in Millers Creek, NC. It is with unbearable sadness that we can also confirm that she was not found alive. Our hearts are broken. The family does wish to express their tremendous gratitude to the countless volunteers and authorities that have participated in the search for Holly. Without your tireless efforts, we believe Holly Fischer may not have ever been found. We are all devastated to lose our beautiful daughter, sister and friend. We do ask that everyone respect the family’s privacy at this difficult time."

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UPDATED: 3:10 P.M.

Authorities found the body of Holly Fischer, 39, of Charlotte, near Highway 16 along the border of Wilkes and Ashe counties, Fox News is reporting.

“It is with unbearable sadness that we can also confirm that she was not found alive,” read a statement from Fischer’s relatives. “Our hearts are broken. The family does wish to express their tremendous gratitude to the countless authorities and volunteers that have participated in the search for Holly.”

Fischer's car went over an 800-foot embankment.

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Days after authorities called off a search for a missing North Carolina woman who is originally from Sudbury, friends of Holly Fischer are back looking for her in an area where authorities picked up a cell phone signal last week.

According to WXII12, friends and authorities are in North Wilkesboro, N.C., where Fischer's parents have a home.

Dozens of people turned out Sunday to search for the 39-year-old.

Family members last saw Holly Fischer last Monday, when she left her parents' home in Knox County, Tenn., presumably for her home in Charlotte, N.C. The concerned parents then contacted Knox County authorities and reported her missing.

"We are deeply worried about her," Fischer's friend Larisa Markanian told The Huffington Post. "She would not have taken off without contacting one of us. Something is terribly wrong."

Using the cellphone data, police focused their search on Ashe and Wilkes counties. Local law enforcement officials, along with a North Carolina Highway Patrol helicopter unit, spent three days combing the area.

Authorities were unable to locate Fischer or her car and suspended the search late Friday.

Fischer graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in 1992 and lived on Crescent Road.