Mexico Mexico - Tamara Lashlee, 43, Cozumel coast, Jan 2013 - visiting from UT

WEST VALLEY CITY — A West Valley city woman is missing in Mexico after a scuba diving trip off the coast took a bad turn.

Tamara Lashlee, 43, was on a scuba expedition with her brothers off the coast of Cozumel when she got ahead of the group and hasn't been seen since.

Cozumel police said they and the Mexican Marine Armada - similar to the U.S. Navy - are searching for Lashlee.

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Three days after a West Valley City woman vanished while scuba diving near Cozumel, Mexico, her fate remains a mystery, according to locals involved in a so-far fruitless search.

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Renee Applegate, owner and general manager of Dive Paradise, said Thursday Lashlee remains classified as a missing person. By law, Mexican authorities are required to continue the search for 72 hours, Applegate said, though at the request of Lashlee’s family locals planned to continue searching even after that period expired Thursday morning.

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