Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher issued this statement regarding Amber Dubois at a press conference Sunday at Escondido Police Station:

I certainly had hoped that when the day came to do a press conference about Amber it would be under much different circumstances, but that was not to be.

With me today is Sheriff Bill Gore, FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Keith Slotter and Amber's parents, Moe and Carrie.

Through information developed in the course of the Amber Dubois investigation, human skeletal remains have been positively identified as being those of our missing 14-year-old Amber.

The discovery was made in the early morning hours of Saturday in a very rugged and remote area of Pala, which is in northern San Diego County.

Escondido police and sheriff's homicide detectives were following a lead in the case when they made this discovery.

Positive identification was subsequently made by the San Diego County medical examiner late Saturday afternoon by way of a dental records comparison. The parents were notified in person by Escondido and Sheriff's investigators Saturday night.

I know this will be disappointing to all of you, but I cannot take questions today. This is an ongoing murder investigation and any details, no matter how slight, would be inappropriate to reveal at this point in time.