The heartbroken mother of missing teen Camila Mendoza Olmos hauntingly uttered the same four words as officials recovered a body near the family’s San Antonio home on Tuesday.
Rosario Olmos was left in shock when sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents recovered human remains in a Bexar County field nearly a full week after the 19-year-old disappeared during her Christmas Eve walk.
“So close to home,” the elder Olmos repeatedly uttered, according to Frank Trevino, who has helped with the search for Camila.
“Her eyes were not there,” Trevino told the Daily Mail about Rosario after the haunting discovery.
Camila Mendoza Olmos went missing on Christmas Eve.
Camila Olmos’ mother, Rosario, speaks to reporters after a body was found in the search for her missing daughter.
The body found Tuesday was noted to have been in the field for about five or six days, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters.
A firearm owned by a relative was reported missing from the home after Olmos disappeared.
A gun was recovered near the body, but officials haven’t announced if it was the same one that had gone missing at the family’s home.
The gun found in the field was a 9mm Luger pistol, according to the Daily Mail, reporting it to be the same make as the one that went missing.
Camila Olmos was last seen at her house on Christmas Eve morning before she was reported missing by her mother.
A source told the outlet the remains also matched the description of Olmos.
A search party walks through a wooded area after Camila Olmos went missing on what was believed to be her regular morning walk.
Camila Olmos, an aspiring orthodontist, was last seen by her mother getting out of bed on Christmas Eve, believed to be going on her regular morning walk.
Video footage from outside the home captured the teen, wearing pajama shorts and a black hoodie, rummaging through her car before the clip cut off.
Officials had previously searched the field roughly 250 yards from Olmos’ home, but returned after learning they missed some parts due to the high brush in the area.