Courtesy of Denver 7 News

A San Luis Valley waitress, missing for more one month, is believed to be dead, according to the Rio Grand County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities have been searching for Danice Day, 19, since Jan. 9.

"We're concentrating on looking for a body," Undersheriff Charles Martinez told the Alamosa Valley Courier Monday.

"We still hope she's alive, but everything points to her being dead ... All the leads of her being alive have failed."

Day reportedly went to her home from her job the afternoon of Jan. 9 and told her boyfriend she was going out with a friend, according to Martinez. That was the last time she was seen. Deputies have several suspects in the case, including Day's live-in boyfriend.

"He's always been a suspect," Martinez said, "but he's not the only suspect. We have two or three suspects."

Deputies have used four-wheelers and four-wheel-drive trucks to search an area west of Monte Vista, Colo., but failed to find any trace of Day. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is helping the sheriff's office investigate the disappearance.

San Luis Valley Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the location of Day.

The single mother of two children worked at the Dos Rios restaurant in Monte Vista.

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