Rouns, 27, last spoke with family around 2 p.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 4, the same day she went for a horseback ride in the McMaster Recreation area of Lewis & Clark County, according to NBC affiliate KTVH and CBS affiliate KXLH .

Image via Sherrif's Department The search for a missing Montana horseback rider has come to an end. Unfortunately, authorities discovered the body of Meghan Rouns days after she went missing. Officials confirmed that they found her body in a lake on Tuesday afternoon.

A Montana sheriff leading the search for missing 27-year-old Meghan Rouns, who disappeared while riding her horse provided a tragic update on Tuesday, as deputies continued to scour a body of water.

The body of a woman who went missing almost a week ago during a horseback ride has been found in Missouri. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Lewis & Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton, who is also