Body found in search for missing Texas teen with ties to SoCal, no foul play suspected: Sheriff
A body has been found amid a search for a Texas teenager who was last seen on Christmas Eve, authorities said Tuesday.
Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen Wednesday morning, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s office.
At around 4:40 p.m. local time, authorities found a body while searching a field approximately 100 yards from Mendoza Olmos’ home, in northwest Bexar County, said Sheriff Javier Salazar.
The area where the body was found had been previously searched, Salazar said during a press briefing Tuesday.
“Due to tall grass, we felt that there would be a benefit to checking the area once again,” said Salazar.
About ten minutes into the search, authorities with the sheriff’s office and FBI found the body.
Salazar said that “it’s too early to tell if the body that we found is that of Camila but at this point we don’t suspect foul play.”
The Medical Examiner’s office will determine the body’s identity and cause of death, he said.
The body was found in clothing similar to a description of what Mendoza Olmos may have been wearing when she went missing, Salazar said.
“This is certainly not the outcome we were hoping for,” he said.
Salazar noted there were some indicators of self-harm.
A firearm was located at the scene where the body was found, Salazar said. A firearm belonging to a relative of Mendoza Olmos’ has been missing, he said. Authorities have not yet determined if the missing firearm is a match for the one observed at the scene, he said.
Salazar said one possibility investigators were working under regarding the teen’s disappearance was the “fear of self-harm,” and that there were some “indicators of suicidal ideation” and undiagnosed signs of depression.
“From what’s being described to us, it sounds like it was a young person going through a very tough time in their life,” he said.
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