New footage of missing California teen Kiely Rodni emerges as cops reveal last cellphone ping

Lacking California teenager Kiely Rodni was carrying an “Odd Future” sweatshirt at a campground get together the evening she vanished — as authorities revealed her cellphone final pinged close to a lake.

The 16-year-old has been lacking for greater than per week after she was final seen at an end-of-school get together close to Prosser Household Campground in Truckee, simply north of Lake Tahoe, within the early hours of Aug. 6.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Workplace said Sunday it’s discovered footage of Rodni early on on the get together carrying a pink and white sweatshirt with “Odd Future” — the identify of a hip-hop band — emblazoned throughout it.

It wasn’t clear if Rodni was nonetheless carrying the sweatshirt when she went lacking, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

Authorities revealed final week that Rodni had additionally borrowed one other hoodie on the get together — with the Lana Del Ray lyrics, “You don’t need to be forgotten, you simply need to disappear” scrawled throughout it.

Because the frantic seek for the teenager entered its second week, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Workplace, which is aiding within the search, mentioned Rodni’s cellphone final pinged at about 12.30 a.m. Aug 6. close to Prosser Lake — a artifical reservoir that surrounds the campground.

“The ping for the info factors was close to the water. It’s laborious to inform a precise pinpoint,” Capt. Sam Brown mentioned at a press convention Saturday.

“Simply because it was final pinged there, that doesn’t imply that’s the place the cellphone stopped pinging,” Brown continued. “There’s plenty of explanation why these notifications or information factors might be misplaced.”

Rodni’s mother, Lindsey Rodni-Nieman, had revealed final week that her daughter despatched her a textual content late on Aug. 5 saying she was leaving the get together in 45 minutes and was coming “straight dwelling.”

Search crews have been scouring the lake for days as a part of the widespread seek for the lacking teen.

Brown mentioned the deepest a part of the lake is about 57 ft and visibility is low, including that search crews are virtually going “into the water blind.”

“When you begin maneuvering the bottom, it’s like going by mud. These are robust operations,” he mentioned.

Rodni was final seen on the campground between 12.30 a.m. and 1 a.m., in accordance with authorities.

They’re treating her disappearance as a possible abduction as a result of the automotive she was driving — a silver 2013 Honda CRV — hasn’t been discovered.

Her cellphone has additionally been out of service for the reason that get together.

Authorities have to date acquired greater than 1,200 ideas within the case, together with one lead that changed into a useless finish over the weekend.

Crews spent Saturday digging at a “burial website” primarily based on one tip, however solely ended up discovering the stays of a canine.

“It was situated by a search-and-rescue floor crew,” Placer County Sheriff’s Workplace public data officer Angela Musallam mentioned of the burial website. “Kiely’s household was notified of the potential improvement.”

“The FBI responded to safe the scene yesterday and was accompanied by the Placer and Nevada county sheriff’s places of work. The FBI brokers investigated the positioning by early this morning and recovered the stays of a canine,” she added.