Body of missing New Hampshire mother found

Three months after Sarah Rogers disappeared, the New Hampshire woman's body was found a short distance from where her abandoned car was found along a Maine highway, police said Sunday.



There were no signs of foul play, but Maine State Police said the cause of the 29-year-old Barrington, N.H., woman's death will await an autopsy Monday at the state Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta. Her family said she suffered from bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia, and was in a manic state when she left home.



Police said Rogers' body was found in a wooded area along the side of Interstate 95 near power lines and within a half mile of where her car had been abandoned in the median during a snowstorm. The keys were in the ignition and Rogers' cell phone and other belongings were in the vehicle.



Residents of the central Maine town who were looking on their property for signs of the missing woman found the body Saturday afternoon.



Rogers, the mother of a 2-year-old son, disappeared on Dec. 13 after driving to Maine, where her car slid into a snowbank off the highway. Maine police searched the area several times but found nothing but footprints heading toward the southbound lane, leading some to speculate that she had been picked up by a passing motorist.



A vigil was held in January in Portland's Monument Square to highlight the search for Rogers, who was also known as Marla Moon. Her family offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.



On Tuesday, Rogers' family appeared on NBC's Today Show and renewed their pleas for help in locating her. Rogers' husband, Fritz Coulombe, said that Rogers had stopped taking medication for bipolar disorder and was in a manic state when she was last seen Dec. 13.



Her father, Bob Rogers, said he tried to get his daughter to take her medication after seeing her behavior turn manic during the week before her death. Her mother, Ora Sorensen, described Rogers as "beautiful" and "brilliant."