Death of missing teen Kiely Rodni pulled from submerged car ruled accidental

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Workplace said that Kiely Rodni’s dying was an accident (Image: Placer County Sheriff’s Workplace/AP)

A coroner has dominated that Kiely Rodni’s dying in August was an accident.

Officers mentioned there was no proof to point foul play after the teenager’s physique was found in her automotive, submerged in a lake on August 23.

‘This ruling relies on the pathologist’s discovering that her dying was the results of drowning and that there was no different data to counsel she was the sufferer of foul play,’ the Nevada County Sheriff’s Workplace coroner mentioned in a press release.

Rodni went lacking after attending a commencement celebration at a campground on the shores of the Prosser Creek Reservoir in August close to her house in Truckee, California. Her disappearance triggered a weeks-long manhunt for the lacking teenager, who authorities initially believed had been kidnapped.

Her physique was discovered over two weeks later when a volunteer dive crew, searched the mattress of the Prosser Creek Reservoir.

Adventures with Goal, a dive crew that makes a speciality of investigating chilly circumstances, volunteered to comb the reservoir, although investigators had already finished so.

Utilizing sonar tools, the divers have been in a position to find Rodni’s automotive after solely 35 minutes of looking. Her physique was found contained in the automobile.

It's nonetheless unclear how Rodni’s automotive bought from the street to the lake. The coroner has not shared the outcomes of the toxicology check that was ordered instantly after her physique was found.

The California Freeway Patrol continues to be investigating the crime scene. The roads from the campground to the city of Truckee are slim and curvy, however some investigators don’t assume this explains the state of affairs.

‘It doesn’t add up,’ Doug Bishop of Adventures with Goal instructed Fox Information Digital in September.

In response to the divers, Rodni’s physique was present in her automotive’s cargo hatch. If her automotive had unintentionally fallen into the lake, she would more than likely attempt to escape by way of the doorways or home windows.

‘You’re not going to crawl into the again and climb underneath a seat,’ Bishop mentioned.

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