A physique believed to be that of a California girl reported lacking two months in the past was discovered at a wrecked automotive that apparently went off a cliff, officers stated Tuesday.
Jolissa Fuentes, 22, was reported lacking Aug. 8 after she didn’t return dwelling and couldn’t be reached, police stated.
“We want that we had higher information,” Selma, California, Police Chief Rudy Alcaraz stated at a information convention, including, “I want that we might have introduced Ms. Fuentes dwelling.”
On Monday, searchers discovered the wreckage of Fuentes’ automotive and a physique, together with the lady’s belongings, in a ravine close to Pine Flat Lake, officers stated.
Tire tracks went via vegetation and off a cliff, and search and rescue staff members needed to rappel down to achieve it, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Workplace stated.
It was a single-car accident, Alcaraz stated. Officers stated no foul play is suspected.
The coroner’s workplace should verify the identification of the stays.
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims stated, “There’s little doubt that we now have discovered her.”
That space of Pine Flat Lake had been searched, however Alcaraz stated the world is “an enormous quantity of geography” with heavy foliage and cliffs. Search crews rappelled greater than 200 toes down one cliff after which needed to descend one other, he stated.
It was Alcaraz who on Monday discovered automobile particles and tire tracks close to Trimmer Springs Highway that led investigators and search groups to the crashed automotive beneath, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
“He promised me he was going to seek out my daughter,” Fuentes’ father, Joe Fuentes, stated at Tuesday’s information convention.
“He’s my hero,” he added.
Alcaraz stated he went to the world as a result of he had a recent set of eyes, and “I simply obtained fortunate.” The situation is at a bend within the highway.
Fuentes was identified to benefit from the space of Pine Flat Lake, and he or she could have simply gone for a drive when the accident occurred, Alcaraz stated.
The California Freeway Patrol is investigating.
