In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said search and rescue teams located the body of the missing teenager just after 2 a.m. Friday. She was found about a half-mile north of her aunt’s residence, which was in a “heavily wooded river drainage area,” the sheriff’s office said. NCSO said there is “nothing suspicious” about her death at this point. KIELY RODNI: VOLUNTEER DIVE TEAM THAT FOUND HER REMAINS SUSPECTED OF Foul Trinity Backus left her Nevada City, California home around 10:30 p.m. Thursday in her pajamas. (Nevada County Sheriff) Backus’ cause of death is unknown, but the medical examiner’s department will conduct an investigation and autopsy. “We are in contact with the family and offer our deepest condolences as they work through this loss,” NCSO wrote on Facebook. “We ask that you respect their privacy.” The sheriff’s office also expressed “deep appreciation” for the hundreds of volunteers from agencies across northern California who participated in the investigation. Nevada County Sheriff Search & Rescue and other agencies prepare to search for missing 16-year-old Trinity Backus. (Nevada County Sheriff’s Office) DC POLICE SAY ‘NO UPDATE’ IN SEARCH FOR MISSING CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENT TAYLOR HACKEL Backus was reported missing on Thursday after no one had heard from her since she left her aunt’s house around 10:30 p.m. PT Wednesday. She was last seen wearing her pajamas and a maroon robe and no shoes. “We are lost, sad, devastated … worried,” the teenager’s aunt, Ashley Bjorklund, told Fox News Digital earlier Friday. Trinity Backus, 16, was found dead Friday afternoon, two days after she allegedly ran away from her aunt’s house without reason. (Ashley Bjorklund) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Backus was sleeping with a friend at Bjorklund’s home on Kentucky Ravine Road — a 12-acre property in Nevada City, California — when she disappeared. It is not clear why she left home. Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
