Chelsea King Body Found? Authorities Believe Body Belongs to Missing Poway Teen
March 3rd, 2010
Chelsea King Body Found? Authorities Believe Body Belongs to Missing Poway Teen. The 17 year old cross country runner, symphony member, and honor student Chelsea King is believed to have been found. Authorities found a body in a body of water near the area that King went missing. The remains that they found were found inside a shallow grave. They think they have found the girl they have been looking for since late Thursday when she went for a run after school.
King’s parents grew worried when their daughter wasn’t home by dark. The authorities found her cell phone and iPod inside her BMW sedan, but no sign of Chelsea.
There has been an arrest in the Chelsea King case. John Albert Gardner III is believed to be connected to her disappearance. He’s also believed to be connected to the case of Amber DuBois, a 14 year old Californian that went missing around this time last year. In addition, an attack on a woman on the same trail where King was last seen is believed to be connected to the suspect as well.
Gardner is a registered sex offender, and was sentenced to 6 years behind bars for lewd and lascivious acts on a minor.
Authorities expect a positive identification on the body found by sometime Wednesday. Of course, there’s still a sliver of hope that the body doesn’t belong to King and that she will be found. Unfortunately, that doesn’t look like that will be the case.
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