Missing Teen Found Dead In Car
Posted: 4:55 pm PDT April 26, 2004Updated: 8:08 pm PDT April 26, 2004
TACOMA, Wash. -- The body of an 18-year-old Tacoma girl was found in a car in the Stuck River Monday, two days after she was reported missing.
Lara Reynolds, a senior at Life Christian Academy in Tacoma, was last seen Saturday after a party in Parkland.
"She was leaving at 12:30 and a friend was supposed to be driving her home however, she decided she was going to go ahead and get in her car and she left the apartment complex and no one has seen her since," said her mother, Patti Reynolds, in an interview with KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Monday morning.Lara's family and friends had printed flyers and were going door to door asking for information when Lara's car was found in the Stuck River in Sumner.
Divers discovered a body inside and police determined it was Lara's.Detectives soon discovered evidence that her death might not be an accident."We're investigating it as a homicide," said Ed Troyer, of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.Troyer said the case is being treated as a homicide, not because of any hard evidence, but because Reynolds was a responsible person who always made curfew and was not known to have a reason to be in the area where the car was found, just outside the Sumner city limits.Troyer said the car may have gone in the river elsewhere and drifted downstream to the site where it was spotted.Formal identification will come from the medical examiner's office, Troyer said.
Lara Reynolds, a senior at Life Christian Academy in Tacoma, was last seen Saturday after a party in Parkland. | Video |
Divers discovered a body inside and police determined it was Lara's.Detectives soon discovered evidence that her death might not be an accident."We're investigating it as a homicide," said Ed Troyer, of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.Troyer said the case is being treated as a homicide, not because of any hard evidence, but because Reynolds was a responsible person who always made curfew and was not known to have a reason to be in the area where the car was found, just outside the Sumner city limits.Troyer said the car may have gone in the river elsewhere and drifted downstream to the site where it was spotted.Formal identification will come from the medical examiner's office, Troyer said.Copyright 2005 by KIROTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.













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