UPDATE
Jan 1, 2026 5:37 AM CST
The body found just 100 yards from the home of a missing Texas college student has been identified as 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Wednesday. It cited the medical examiner as saying Mendoza Olmos died by suicide from a gunshot wound to the head. Sheriff Javier Salazar said a gun was recovered at the scene, and that a gun belonging to one of the teen's relatives had gone missing, but authorities have yet to confirm whether what they found is the missing firearm, reports ABC News. "This is certainly not the outcome we were hoping for," he said. Mendoza Olmos went missing on Christmas Eve morning.
Dec 30, 2025 7:57 PM CST
Search teams looking for a missing Texas college student have discovered a body near her home, authorities say. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Tuesday that a body was found in a field roughly 100 yards from where 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos lived in the San Antonio area, CBS News reports. The remains have not been formally identified, but the person was wearing clothes "very similar" to what investigators believe Mendoza Olmos had on when she was last seen on Christmas Eve, the sheriff said.
The area had been checked earlier in the search, Salazar said, but teams from the sheriff's office and the FBI went back over it because of tall grass. The body was discovered around 4:45pm. A firearm was found nearby, and investigators had also been looking for a missing gun belonging to a family member, according to the sheriff. Salazar said investigators currently do not suspect foul play. He said one possibility investigators were looking at was self-harm, and "there are some indicators that the body that we found may be as a result of that," People reports.
"From what has been described to us, it sounds like it was a young person going through a very tough time in their life, going through some emotional issues," the sheriff said. "There were some indicators of suicidal ideation." The medical examiner will determine the cause of death and make a positive identification. "We hope that we can expedite that process to try to get the community answers," Salazar said.
- (If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please dial 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or visit 988lifeline.org.)
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