Marin County coroner's office identified that the body found atop Mt. Tam this past Sunday afternoon as female and, yes, Veronica Ruiz. It seems that she "the Internal Revenue Service agent's service weapon was found at her side and her U.S. Treasury Department photo identification was found in her purse at the place of her death," according to a report on CBS 5. (IRS agents have issued arms? Huh.) It appears that she died of "an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head."

Despondent over the break up with her boyfriend, according to Ruiz's coworker, she "went hiking" late last year, and was never heard from again until this week. The Marin County Sheriff's search and rescue team discovered Ruiz's body during a training exercise on Sunday afternoon. He body, it seems, was hidden in a "very secluded area," away from the trails.

Image credit: KCBS Radio; thanks to SFist reader Aventinus for the update.