Kiely Rodni case: Searchers likely found body of missing California teen
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After the discovery of a submerged vehicle, authorities claim human remains found inside "more than likely" belong to Kiely Rodni, the missing California 16-year-old.
Local authorities claimed the human remains discovered in a submerged vehicle on Sunday “more than likely” belong to Kiely Rodni, the missing 16-year-old who was last seen at a campground party in California several weeks ago.
At a press conference on Monday, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said a volunteer from the dive group Adventures with Purpose located the vehicle in Prosser Reservoir on Sunday. The dive group confirmed the vehicle was found upside-down under 14 feet (just over 4 metres) of water.
During the press conference, Moon did not name Rodni, but said the remains were believed to be the missing teen.
Moon claimed the vehicle “was located within a search zone that we have been searching since the very beginning of our operation.”
Though Nevada County police have yet to positively identify the remains as Rodni, Adventures with Purpose released a a statement claiming the teen had been found.
Rodni visited the Prosser Family Campground on August 5. The following day, she was last seen around 12:30 a.m., the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said.
Last week, Placer County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Angela Musallam said approximately 200-300 juveniles and young adults were at the campground for a party.
Rodni’s case had at first been handled as a possible abduction, though officers at the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office conference on Monday claimed that was because they could not rule out the possibility as they “had nothing to go on.”
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