Provo » A bulletin board at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center on Wednesday remembered the woman killed in Hobble Creek Canyon.
Amy Jo Candland, 41, was a housekeeper at the hospital and her co-workers hung her picture and messages on the board.
"Gone from our sight/But not from our hearts," read one message written on a pink paper heart.
Meanwhile, a friend who may have been one of the last to see Candland on Wednesday said Cand-land and the nephew accused of killing her, Damien Allister Candland, had a close relationship since the time the nephew was a boy.
"They had arguments every now and then," said Claudia Pinola. "I don't believe it was anything that lasted a long time. But as far as I knew their relationship was good."
Damien Candland, 22, remained in the Utah County jail Wednesday on suspicion of murder and rape. Formal charges have not been filed.
Provo police have said marks on Amy Candland appear consistent with strangulation. The murder appears to have occurred at the Provo home the aunt and nephew shared, police said, before Amy Candland's body was discarded in the canyon.
Relatives of Amy and Damien Candland did not return messages seeking comment Wednesday. Janet Frank, a spokeswoman for Utah Valley Regional, said Amy Candland had worked there about 3½ years. She worked mostly in the radiology department.
"I know that everyone who worked with her considered her to be a very conscientious employee who was very concerned with taking care of her areas so they were in top shape for her patients," Frank said.
Frank said Amy Candland was known to give people lunch money when they needed it. Amy Candland's father lives in a nursing home, Frank said, and Amy Candland looked forward to visiting him and taking him to dinner.
Pinola said she had been friends with Amy Candland for more than 20 years. They worked together at Nu Skin in the early 1990s and were roommates briefly.
Amy Candland, Pinola said, enjoyed camping, riding her four-wheeler into the Wasatch Mountains and swimming.
"She hung out by the pool a lot during the summer," Pinola said.
Pinola said Damien Cand-land lived in another state and would come to Utah to visit his grandparents and Amy Candland in the summer.
They lived together in a Provo home owned by Amy Candland's parents.
Provo police have said Amy Candland complained her nephew was physically abusive to her and she gave police some information related to a drug debt Damien Candland owed.
A deputy county attorney said this week Amy Candland was not issued a subpoena to testify in that case.
Pinola said she never knew of violence between the Cand-lands. Pinola went to their house Saturday to go to dinner and a movie with Amy Candland. Damien Candland answered the door and nothing seemed unusual, Pinola said.
"Damien didn't really talk to me," Pinola said. "He pretty much kept to himself while I was there."
Pinola and Amy Candland ate at a Winger's and saw the film "Dear John." Pinola said her friend never mentioned any problems with her nephew.
Jim Urquhart contributed to this report.
