The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue recovered the remains of a North Dakota man who went missing in July 2015.

A bloodhound discovered Dr. Patrick Fitzpatrick on Saturday in the Willow Creek area about a mile east of where deputies had first discovered his abandoned vehicle on the Fourth of July.

On Saturday, 26 searchers, eight dogs and several Gallatin County deputies covered that same area, according to a Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office news release sent out Thursday morning. Deputies found the body of Fitzpatrick on a rolling hillside, in a spot hidden from view.

Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin said in a prepared statement that missing person investigations are very difficult and he was pleased to bring Fitzpatrick’s family closure.

“We used every tool we had and even used some technology from Bridger Aerospace without success but we never gave up,” Gootkin said.

For four days after Fitzpatrick’s vehicle was found in 2015, the sheriff’s office combed the area with ground crews, search dogs, helicopters, airplanes and drones, but were unable to find him. In March 2017, a large search, including search and rescue divers, covered drainages north of the vehicle to search Willow Creek and a nearby pond, but failed to find anything. Last month search and rescue deputies again went back to the area, retracing their steps and looking for new leads to find Fitzpatrick, but failed to find anything again.

Gootkin said the state medical examiner’s office will review the remains, but at this time there was no indication of foul play.