Body found in search for missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos – remains to be ID’d in ‘next day or two’

A body was found in the search for missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos on Tuesday, nearly a week after she vanished from her home on Christmas Eve, according to authorities.

The medical examiner has yet to confirm the identity of the body, which was discovered in a field close to Olmos’s home during a search by sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a press conference late Tuesday.

A body has been found in the search for missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos on Tuesday, nearly a week after she vanished from her home on Christmas Eve. Facebook/Silvia Estrella

Salazar added that authorities have discovered information leading them to believe that Olmos, 19, was experiencing suicidal ideations and exhibited signs of depression.

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He added it appeared Olmos “was a young person going through a very tough time in her life.”

The sheriff said he hopes the ME’s office will identify the remains “in the next day or two.”