Police in San Antonio, Texas, said they have found a body during the search for Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, who went missing on Christmas Eve. The body hasn’t been officially identified. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI. | License Photo
Authorities found a body during a search for a missing Texas woman who went missing on Dec. 24.
Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, disappeared soon after she left her San Antonio, Texas, home on Christmas Eve.
The body, which was found in a field with a gun, has not yet been identified, and an official cause of death has not been reported. But Sheriff Javier Salazar said the body was wearing “very similar” clothing to what they believe Mendoza Olmos was wearing when she was last seen.
“We hope that we can try to expedite that process to be able to get the community answers that everybody’s been waiting for,” Salazar said.
Near the body was a gun, and the person may have died from self-harm, Salazar said. It was found at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday in a field about 100 yards from Mendoza Olmos’ home, which authorities said they had already searched.
Salazar said they searched the field again with a “small army” of FBI agents because of the tall brush, and they found the body quickly.
Mendoza Olmos’ mother told NBC News that her daughter often took morning walks, but she didn’t return on Dec. 24.
Mendoza Olmos was last seen when a neighbor’s doorbell camera appears to have shown her standing next to her car just before 7 a.m., CBS News reported.
Salazar said that Mendoza Olmos had been “going through a tough time” and that foul play isn’t suspected.
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