Kaylee Russell was last seen at the Loveland Park-and-Ride off Highway 402 on Sunday.
JOHNSTOWN, Colo. — A body was found in the car belonging to a 20-year-old woman who was reported missing earlier this week, the Colorado State Patrol said.
Kaylee Russell was last seen on Sunday at the Loveland/Johnstown Park-and-Ride around Highway 402 and Interstate 25. Russell had a flat tire, and her father came to the park-and-ride to help her change it. After the tire change, she was heading to a friend’s house in Pierce, but she never arrived.
On Thursday afternoon, a car was found in shallow water in a canal off Larimer County Road 1 east of Timnath. Investigators confirmed it was the car driven by Russell when she was last seen.
CSP said divers were dispatched and saw a person’s body in the car. The person will be identified once the car has been removed from the water, CSP said.
The area where the vehicle was found is about 13 miles from where Russell was last seen.
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating the crash of the car into the canal.
This is a developing story and this article will be updated as information becomes available.