ARCO — The recovered body discovered after two Boise women were reported missing in the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve area, has been re-identified as Amelia Linkert, 70, not Jodean Elliott-Blakeslee, 63, as originally thought by authorities.

    Linkert’s body was found by searchers last Wednesday evening.

    Proper indentification was made after the Butte County Coroner requested assistance from the state medical examiner late Thursday. By Friday afternoon, the medical examiner made positive identification of Linkert based on dental records.

    This development has not changed how officials determined the search efforts, or the thoughts on what led to Linkert’s death, according to Craters of the Moon public information officer, Taci Weaver. Ground crews, search dogs and a helicopter continued extensive efforts to locate Elliott-Blakeslee.

    Helicopters inserted teams consisting of a handler, a dog and a tracker in to key search sites on Friday. Ground crews, aided by two cavers, also scoured an area in the Monument around Tree Molds Trail and sections to the south and west.

    The search will continue Saturday with more than 50 searchers, including eight dog teams and a crew of 21 firefighters.

    Elliott-Blakeslee, a physician at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Ontario, and Linkert, a retired special education teacher were supposed to return home on Saturday, two days after they arrived at the monument southwest of Arco.

    Due to the continuing search, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve management staff have indefinitely postponed the Run the Rift 5K fun run scheduled for Saturday.