Body present in seek for Texas teen who vanished whereas going for a stroll on Christmas Eve

A body has been found in the frantic search for a Texas teen who mysteriously vanished from her home on Christmas Eve.

Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen on a neighbor’s surveillance camera leaving her San Antonio neighborhood just before 7am Wednesday, prompting a week-long search as authorities warned she could be in ‘imminent danger.’ 

On Tuesday, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said that a body had been found in a field ‘very close to Camila’s home,’ according to WFAA News.

The body was discovered during a renewed search by sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents in a field they decided to re-comb because of the dense brush. 

However, Sheriff Javier Salazar said the medical examiner has yet to confirm the identity of the remains, as well as the cause and manner of death, according to the outlet. 

A body has been found in the frantic search for Texas teen, Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, who mysteriously vanished from her home on Christmas Eve

‘But we hope to expedite that process to get the community answers,’ Salazar said.

He added that he hopes the medical examiner will release answers regarding the identity within the next day or two. 

‘We developed some information that there may have been some suicidal ideations on Camila’s part,’ the sheriff said.

‘Undiagnosed, as far as we can tell,’ he added. ‘It sounds like this was a young person going through a very tough time in her life, going through some emotional issues.’

The discovery comes one week after the college student vanished from her mother’s driveway on Christmas Eve morning, where she had been living while attending nearby Northwest Vista College with hopes of becoming an orthodontist.