Woman in NoCal Pot Deal Found Dead

Davis, intermittently in tears, described her daughter as a community college student who lived at home and worked a pair of waitressing jobs. She had a pit bull puppy that she would not just leave behind, Davis said, and she loved her car. "It was her baby."

Davis knew nothing about her daughter selling drugs and said that she is fearful the marijuana deal could somehow cast her daughter in the wrong light.

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"I don't want people to focus on the fact that she possibly made a stupid mistake," Davis said. "It doesn't lessen the fact that someone may have hurt her."

Davis sent an e-mail to ABCNews.com after learning the news about her daughter. "We are thankful for the closure this will bring our family," she wrote.

While authorities felt from the beginning of the investigation that Dickson likely fell victim to foul play, the recovery of her body will allow police to focus their attention on a murder case rather than finding a missing woman.

Morris said that authorities want to pin down the exact relationship between the missing woman and the suspect. He also said that investigators have looked into the missing woman's background and have been unable to find any evidence that she was involved in drugs beyond marijuana, or other potentially dangerous lifestyles.

"Like all human beings, she had a little bit of a dark side," Morris said. "I think this was her other side. She was trying to make a little bit of gas money by selling a little bit of marijuana."

Del Norte County Sheriff Commander Bill Steven said that Miller remains a suspect in Dickson's death.

"A lot of people have asked us if he is truthful and our answer is 'To a point,'" Steven said. "We've got him connected to his location in Arcata. We've got her connected to her location in Oregon. We want to put her with him, and him with her."