WARRENTON, N.C. (WNCN) — Remains of a North Carolina woman missing since November 2023 were found by dive teams this week, authorities said Saturday night.

Dana Leigh Mustian, 33, never showed up at her daughter’s 6th birthday party during the first weekend of December 2023, family and officials said. Mustian was last seen at her in Warrenton, about 10 miles south of the North Carolina-Virginia border, on Nov. 30, 2023.

She had been dropped off at home by her father, according to her family. Mustian told him she loved him and would see him the next day. However, that wasn’t the case.

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A missing persons report was filed on Dec. 4, 2023, followed by several searches on land and water stretching into 2024.

The latest search on Thursday brought the family sad news, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office said.

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The Youngsville Rescue Dive Team found "possible human remains," according to a Warren County Sheriff’s Office news release Saturday night.

The remains were later identified as Mustain's, deputies said. No additional information was released.

"Her disappearance and death is continuing to be investigated," a statement Saturday night said.

POTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The evening news has been populated with scenes of suspected illegal immigrants being rounded up as the new Secretary of Homeland Security looks on in body armor. Failures at the border have been the centerpiece of the Trump agenda.

Democratic Third District Rep. Bobby Scott agrees that reforms are needed, but not if they're made for television.

"You don't need more expensive photo ops to make that point," Scott said. "Just enforce the law."

This week, for the first time, military aircraft have been used to transport suspected illegal immigrants, even in cases where the receiving countries initially refused to allow the planes to land. Scott has an estimate on the cost as the president has launched the Department of Government Efficiency.

"Well, we're seeing the estimates of the costs of the photo ops and putting the immigrants on military rather than commercial [planes]," Scott said. "The cost is five or 10 times more expensive for that photo op."

Across the aisle, First District Republican Rep. Rob Wittman applauds President Trump's program.

"Border security is a matter of national security, and the actions taken by President Trump reflect the leadership we need to address this crisis head-on, " said Wittman in a statement

Late Friday, we learned the U.S. Coast Guard has conducted what it calls alien expulsion flights between California and Texas.

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