Divers believe they found the body of 16-year-old Kiely Rodni in California reservoir

Volunteer divers mentioned Sunday they consider they discovered the automobile and physique of Kiely Rodni, a 16-year-old woman who had been lacking since early August and was final seen at a celebration close to Truckee. Authorities verified a physique was discovered, however mentioned the identification has not been confirmed.

The dive group, Adventures With Objective, posted on social media about 2:30 p.m. from Prosser Reservoir, which was adjoining to the campground the place the get together was held: “Automobile is the wrong way up in solely 14′ of water. We’ve CONFIRMED Kiely is inside.” The group wrote that the household had been notified, and Sacramento information station KCRA later confirmed video footage of a automobile being pulled out of the water.

However the Nevada County Sheriff’s Workplace, in a Fb submit 4 hours later, wrote that the identification had not been “confirmed”. The submit mentioned representatives from Nevada County and Placer County sheriffs’ workplaces, the FBI and allied companies had converged on the scene to analyze the divers’ findings, and set a information convention Monday at 11 a.m. on the Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District workplace.

By way of a spokesperson, the Rodni household instructed the Reno Gazette-Journal that they hadn’t but heard from regulation enforcement. “At the moment, the household has no assertion on the social media rumors from this afternoon,” mentioned Linda Luchetti, the household’s media consultant. “If and when regulation enforcement has a response, we’ll proceed accordingly.”

Rodni was final seen about 12:30 a.m. at an Aug. 6 get together attended by 200 to 300 teenagers close to the Prosser Household Campground, which sits subsequent to the reservoir, authorities mentioned. Her automobile, a silver 2013 Honda CRV with California license plate 8YUR127, was additionally lacking.

Rodni’s telephone hadn’t been in service for the reason that get together, and authorities had been treating the case as an abduction. Earlier Sunday, the Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a social media submit that the general public had submitted greater than 1,800 tips on Rodni’s potential whereabouts.

Adventures With Objective is an “underwater sonar search and restoration dive group serving to households find lacking family members underwater,” based on its Fb web page. Prosser Reservoir is in Tahoe Nationwide Forest, 10 minutes north of Truckee.

Kiely’s mom gave an impassioned plea Aug. 7 for the general public to assist discover her daughter.

“We simply need her residence, we’re so scared, we miss her a lot,” Lindsey Rodni-Nieman mentioned in a Sheriff’s Workplace Fb submit. “And Kiely, we love you a lot and when you’re seeing this, please simply come residence. I would like nothing greater than to hug you.”