A two-month-long search for a beloved hairstylist, who went by the name Jax Gratton, tragically ended on Friday. Her friends and family told CBS News Colorado that her body was fo

DENVER — Police have confirmed that the body found in a Lakewood alleyway Friday is that of Jax Gratton, a Denver woman who had been missing for nearly two months.

Police in Lakewood are calling the death of a transgender Denver hairstylist “suspicious” after her body was discovered in an alley nearly two months after she was first reported missing.

The decomposing body of a popular Denver hairdresser was discovered Friday in an alley in the city’s Lakewood district. Jax Gratton, a trans woman missing since April, was wearing the same clothes she had on the night she left her apartment when she told her roommate she’d return in a few hours.

Jax Gratton, a Denver hairstylist who disappeared after leaving her University Hills apartment on April 15, has been found dead, her mother announced Saturday on social media.

Lakewood police confirmed on Tuesday that the body found in a Lakewood alley was the missing Denver hairstylist, Jax Gratton.

Cherilynne Gratton-Camis posted an emotional tribute after Jax Gratton’s death: ‘There are no words strong enough for the grief’

Jax Gratton, a 34-year-old hairstylist, was last seen leaving her apartment in Denver on April 15 — over a month later, she still's missing and her mom tells PEOPLE she's "terrified" that something awful has happened.