The case of a missing Llano County woman has been solved almost three years since she was last seen alive.
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Llano County Deputies and Texas Rangers are trying to figure out who killed Holly Marie Simmons. Simmons was 45 years old when she disappeared in November 2006. She dropped her two daughters off at school, but they never saw her again.
"Her daughters, they came home from school that day - she was not at home. Her vehicle was there, her car keys were there, her cell phone was there and she was gone," said Llano County Sheriff Bill Blackburn.
Her remains were found at the bottom of Inks Lake in July 2009. She was positively identified from dental records.
"We had amateur divers reported that they discovered what they thought was a body," says Sheriff Blackburn.
Divers and deputies took underwater photographs, then moved the crime scene to dry land.
Deputies say Simmons' body was found inside of a boat, submerged at the bottom of this bridge. While they won't say how she died, they did say both she and the boat were weighted down so neither would resurface.
Investigators won't say who the boat belongs to, but they did say considerable evidence was left behind. And that should help lead them to the killer.
"It was more than likely on a personal basis probably," said Blackburn.
They believe she was killed shortly after she disappeared.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Llano County Sheriff's Office at 325-247-5767.
