The search for Whitney Heichel came to a sad end Friday night.

Gresham police announced her body was discovered on Larch Mountain Friday and a man was arrested for aggravated murder.

Jonathan Holt of Gresham is charged with killing the 21-year-old Gresham woman. Investigators said he is an acquaintance of the Heichel family and lived in the same apartment complex as Whitney Heichel and her husband Clint.

Police said some of Whitney Heichel's personal items were found in a parking lot in a garbage bin at the Walmart store where her SUV was discovered with the passenger window smashed out.

More of her belongings, according to police, were discovered in another garbage bin at a nearby shopping center.

Gresham Police Chief Craig Junginger said information then led investigators to Holt. He voluntarily went to the police department for one interview and then a follow-up interview.

Police said inconsistencies then turned up between the two interviews. Investigators obtained DNA and fingerprints from Holt.

Junginger said additional evidence then narrowed the focus onto Holt. Results from the crime lab tied him to Whitney Heichel's car.

Holt returned to the police department Friday night for another interview and was arrested. Junginger said Whitney Heichel's body was then found on Larch Mountain.

The Heichel family has been notified and Holt will be booked into the Multnomah County Jail on the charge of aggravated murder.

"We would have liked to see a happy conclusion, but it's not," said family spokesman Jim Vaughn.

Vaughn said the family has received messages, support and prayers from people all over the world during the last few days.

"We will heal because of the love we have for each other," he said.