A Florida woman who vanished on a road trip to California last summer after sending an eerie letter to her mother has been found alive in Mexico.

Ukrainian national Ganna Kovrizhnykh, 39, lost contact with her family on July 5 last year near Potrero, a city located close to the southern border.

Kovrizhnykh, who also goes by the name Angel Volnaya, left a letter telling her mother to take possession of all her assets, including a Jeep Grand Cherokee and camper trailer which were later found abandoned in Potrero.

She also posted a cryptic video message of herself reading from a Bible via her Facebook account in the days before she disappeared. 

Detectives have now made contact with her in Sinaloa, on the west coast of Mexico.

The San Diego Sheriff's Office said the discovery came after it 'conducted an extensive investigation exhausting all leads'. 

'Sheriff's investigators believed Kovrizhnykh likely had voluntarily crossed into Mexico,' the office said. 

'On August 7, 2026, Sheriff's investigators were able to establish contact with Kovrizhnykh and verified her identity. She is believed to be currently staying in Sinaloa, Mexico. 

'The Sheriff's Office has notified the Ukrainian Embassy of Kovrizhnykh's whereabouts.'

When Kovrizhnykh first vanished, police were considering whether foul play was involved in her disappearance, or whether she 'just strictly voluntarily left.'

Online records indicate that she had been living in Hallandale Beach, Florida, since 2022, until she left for her road trip. 

The day before she sent the eerie letter to her mother, she also posted a video to a Facebook page under her alias Angel Volnaya. 

The video featured her reading from the Bible, with the caption, 'Two commandments. No one escape. Who kill will die forever.'

'There is no way to escape. The punishment is coming. The rapture is coming. It is already on the earth. There is only a few years left... I'm a prophet,' she said.

In another video posted on the same day, she posted from a church and showed a bag of 'supplies' including water, oil, a solar panel, batteries, a walkie talkie, and a gas mask.

'I just left everything that I have,' she said. 'Time is very close. Prepare all the churches, they should be ready.'

'We are already at the last moment... this is only like three years and the anti-Christ will sit on his throne.'