Family members of Johanna Briscoe say she was a woman trying to find her way in life.

"She has worked in construction, in hospitals, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut," said her mother, Marilynn Carmine, of Blanchard, Okla. "She was very versatile."

Briscoe, 29, of Oklahoma City, was found dead Saturday in a tent on Baldy Mountain in Summit County. The cause of death has not been determined, but foul play has been ruled out because no trauma was found on her body.

Searchers found Briscoe's body after her boyfriend, who was not identified, said he found her dead Saturday morning and went to get help. A hiker found him lying semi-conscious near the North Fuller Placer trailhead.

The boyfriend told investigators that Briscoe had stabbed him in the right leg Friday night, but that she had helped bandage the wound before he fell asleep.

He was not coherent enough to tell authorities where the campsite was, but searchers found it on private land, about a quarter-mile from the trailhead.

The boyfriend is not considered a suspect in Briscoe's death. Authorities said they believe that the couple had been living in the woods.

"They were transient residents of Breckenridge," said Patricia Horr, spokeswoman for the Summit County sheriff's office.

Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson said that people such as Briscoe try to live where they can because of the high cost of living in Breckenridge.

She said that Briscoe had been in Colorado for five years and probably lived in the forest during that time.

Carmine said she finds it hard to believe that her daughter had been living as a squatter in the forest.

"She was not a transient," she said. "She worked at several different places there. She made money. She lived in motels."

A native of Oklahoma City, Briscoe was the third of four children. She dropped out of high school.

Carmine said her daughter moved to Colorado more than five years ago to be with a male friend and had aspired to be a commercial artist.

"She was very good in art," she said. "She drew; she made stained glass. She just hasn't found her right niche."

Mark Hill, assistant pastor at Dillon Community Church, said that Briscoe joined the parish about a year and a half ago. He baptized her a year ago.

Briscoe was a regular at Sunday services and was active with the Mountain Ministries singles group.

"They do some hiking, and they have potluck Sunday night meal. So that was a place she could get a meal," Hill said.

Briscoe also volunteered and sometimes stayed at House of the Red Door, a shelter run by the church.

A memorial service for Briscoe will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Episcopal Church in Breckenridge. Her family plans to have her remains taken to Oklahoma.