There was also an unknown stuffed animal found with her.
I recall this because when the story broke back in early 1997 the Boulder cops released a photo of it to see if anyone in the public knew about it. It was an awful photo taken under tungsten lighting that casued a yellow-ish color shift.
Since I had just acquired Photoshop at the time, I downloaded the photo and fixed the color and emailed it back to them. The investigator thanked me and mentioned it in a story a couple of days later.
Saw the picture on the tube today. Looks to me like that teddy bear might be important.