In 2022, a jury found Jesus Contreras Perez guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse & stalking related to her disappearance.

Ayon’s former boyfriend, Jesus Contreras Perez, was found guilty of killing her at trial in June 2022 and is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. No further information has been released.

The night she disappeared, Ayon was last seen hanging out with friends after working late. She dropped off one friend around 4 a.m., the next morning with plans to go shopping later that day. That was the last time she was alive. She was reported missing after no one could reach her.

The remains of Cassandra Ayon, missing for four years, have been found in Marathon County, Wisconsin, closing a long-standing cold case

The man accused of killing and hiding her body was found guilty at a jury trial two years before her body was recovered.

MADISON, Wis. -- Searchers have recovered the body of a Wisconsin woman who vanished more than four years ago. The state Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Cassandra Ayon’s remains were found on private property in the town of Brighton in Marathon County on Saturday.