The burned remnants of the home in Boulevard, suspect James DiMaggio (inset)
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Officials had been searching for the car all week and had issued the state's first-ever statewide cellphone Amber alert on Monday night after DiMaggio, 40, allegedly torched his cabin as Hannah visited with her mother, her brother and her dog.
The car was found in remote terrain in the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness Area in Lemhi, Idaho, roughly two hours northeast of Boise, Ada County Sheriff's spokesman Patrick Orr tells PEOPLE.
"It's a very remote area and not easily accessible," Orr tells PEOPLE.
Despite warnings Thursday that the car might be rigged with explosives, Orr says the car is intact. He said he could not provide other information, such as who found the vehicle or when.
Orr says members of several law enforcement agencies were rushing to the site to investigate the discovery and to try to find DiMaggio, Hannah Anderson, 16, and Ethan Anderson, 8, in the rugged, mountain terrain, which spreads across 2.3 million acres. It remained unclear if Ethan was with them or had perished in the fire, Orr said, although officials in San Diego County have said that the remains found in the fire that were difficult to identify could be his.
DiMaggio is wanted on suspicion of murder and arson in a search that began in California and spread to Oregon, Washington, Nevada, British Columbia and Mexico's Baja California state. A motive for the murder-abduction is unclear, although multiple friends of Hannah's tell PEOPLE that DiMaggio recently confessed to her that he had a crush on her.
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