Missing California teenager Trinity Backus found dead, sheriff's office confirms - New York Post

A time aft 16-year-old Trinity Backus was reported missing from bluish California, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office reported she was tragically recovered dormant not acold from wherever she was past seen Wednesday night.

In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s bureau said hunt and rescue teams located the missing teen’s body shortly aft 2 p.m. connected Friday. 

She was recovered astir fractional a mile northbound of her aunt’s residence, which was successful a “very heavy wooded stream drainage area,” the sheriff’s bureau said.

NCSO said determination is “nothing suspicious” astir her decease astatine this point. 

Backus’ origin of decease is unknown, but the coroner’s part volition beryllium conducting an probe and an autopsy.

“We person been successful connection with the household and widen our deepest condolences to them arsenic they enactment done this loss,” NCSO wrote connected Facebook. “We inquire that you delight respect their privacy.”

The sheriff’s office also expressed a “deep appreciation” for the hundreds of volunteers from agencies passim bluish California that participated successful the search.

Nevada County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue recovered Trinity Backus’ assemblage Friday afternoon.Facebook/Nevada County Sheriff's Office

Backus was reported missing connected Thursday aft nary 1 had heard from her since she near her aunt’s location astir 10:30 p.m. PT Wednesday. She was past seen wearing her pajamas and a maroon robe, and without shoes.

“We’re lost, sad, heartbroken … disquieted retired of our minds,” the teen’s aunt, Ashley Bjorklund, told Fox News Digital earlier connected Friday.

Backus was having a sleepover with a person astatine Bjorklund’s location connected Kentucky Ravine Road — a 12-acre spot in Nevada City, California — erstwhile she disappeared. 

It’s not wide wherefore she near the home.