A body has been found near a field where Camila Mendoza Olmos was last seen, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Tuesday evening during a press conference, the individual\u2019s identity has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n
Salazar said investigators had been operating under the possibility of self-harm, and that there are indications the death may have been self-inflicted, though he emphasized that the cause and manner of death have not been determined and will be confirmed by the Bexar County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Salazar said investigators were also searching for a firearm that was unaccounted for from the residence, a detail that had not previously been made public.<\/p>\n
A firearm was recovered at the scene, he said but emphasized that authorities have not yet confirmed whether it is the same weapon.<\/p>\n
He added that the clothing worn by the unidentified individual matches the description of what Camila Mendoza Olmos was last seen wearing.<\/p>\n
Salazar reiterated that officials do not currently suspect foul play.<\/p>\n
The body was found in a field about a quarter mile from the search staging area and about a hundred yards from Camila\u2019s residence, Salazar said.<\/p>\n
According to the sheriff, the discovery was made by a joint search team from the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the FBI during a renewed ground search Monday afternoon. The FBI, which had previously assisted with intelligence and digital forensic work, deployed agents to assist with boots-on-the-ground searching, Salazar said.<\/p>\n
Investigators made a deliberate decision to re-search an area that had already been checked, citing tall grass and visibility concerns. Salazar said the body was located approximately 10 minutes after the renewed search began.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday evening, authorities were processing the scene, and Salazar said additional information would be released once identification is confirmed and the medical examiner completes its work.<\/p>\n
If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available by calling or texting 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, available 24\/7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A body has been found near a field where Camila Mendoza Olmos was last seen, Bexar County Sheriff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4755,3282,46707,23655,3831,47658,47659,82,84,83,6957,92,3028,6251],"class_list":["post-105597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bcso","tag-bexar-county-sheriff","tag-camila-mendoza-olmos","tag-javier-salazar","tag-missing-person","tag-missing-persons-san-antonio","tag-missing-persons-unit","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sheriff-javier-salazar","tag-top-story","tag-typedaily","tag-wc-500-750"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}