The remains of a Latino couple mysteriously disappeared three years ago found in California

Authorities confirmed on Friday that human remains found in the Coachella Valley, east of Los Angeles, correspond to a Hispanic couple who have mysteriously disappeared since May 10, 2017.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department, in California, indicated that after receiving the results of DNA genetic tests, it was determined that the remains correspond to Jonathan Reynoso and Audrey Morán, who were 28 and 26 years old, respectively, when they disappeared.

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"It is with great sadness that we announce that we have confirmed that the located human remains have been positively identified as those of Audrey Morán and Jonathan Reynoso," he said in a press release.

For their part, relatives of the young Latinos who disappeared more than three years ago confirmed the news in messages on social networks.

My hands were shaking.

Another knot tightened in my stomach.

And my eyes began to get wet because I knew what was coming, "said Mayra Torres Taylor, Reynoso's mother, in the Facebook group

, created after the couple's disappearance, when she told how she received the phone call from the authorities in which They confirmed that the remains found were those of his son.

"Apparently there are different stages of grief and loss, and I have had three years to find some healing, but again I find myself at a loss trying to understand my emotions," she adds.

In June, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco announced that after hundreds of interviews and more than 50 search warrants carried out during the investigation, it was possible to determine the site where the remains were found that authorities at the time suspected were from Reynoso and Moran.

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As a result of the investigations, there are half a dozen detainees.

Manuel Ríos, 28, is charged with two counts of murder while Abraham Fregoso, 32;

Adilene Inés Castañeda, 28;

and Aarón Fernando Bernal, also 28, are each charged with one count of murder. 

These four defendants face the special circumstance of murdering the witness to a crime, which may make them eligible for the death penalty if found guilty and the Prosecutor decides to seek that punishment.

Jesús Ruiz Jr., 41;

and Eric Ríos, 31, are each charged with two counts of aiding and abetting murder after the fact.

All six defendants have pleaded not guilty and remain in custody pending a felony resolution conference scheduled for Dec. 11 in the Riverside Hall of Justice.

The last time Morán was heard from was when he left his home to pick up Reynoso, who may have been returning to the Coachella Valley from the Brawley area the day the couple disappeared, according to investigators.

Morán said he was going to drive Reynoso home, but the truck he was driving was found parked on Interstate 10 in Beaumont two days after the couple was last heard from.

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A police dog detected his scent near the truck, but the trail disappeared about 50 feet from the vehicle, authorities said.

No additional details about their murders or the subsequent investigation have been released.

With information from Efe and NBC Palm Springs.