08-25-2010, 04:49 PM
GREAT BEND — The family of a missing Great Bend teen is moving forward with funeral plans, even though authorities have not formally identified a body found Tuesday as 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt.
Jennifer Schartz, spokeswoman for Great Bend public schools, said this afternoon that although the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has not revealed results of an autopsy being performed in Wichita, the family is preparing for a funeral.
In a statement, she said Great Bend High School's "guidance counselors will become grief counselors in the coming days, weeks and even months, if necessary, as friends and classmates of Alicia DeBolt deal with her tragic death."
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Law enforcement investigators work the scene at an asphalt plant southwest of Great Bend on Wednesday. A burned, unidentifiable body was found at this location a day earlier. Great Bend teen Alicia Debolt has been missing since Saturday. (Aug. 25, 2010)
Jennifer Schartz, spokeswoman for Great Bend public schools, said this afternoon that although the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has not revealed results of an autopsy being performed in Wichita, the family is preparing for a funeral.
In a statement, she said Great Bend High School's "guidance counselors will become grief counselors in the coming days, weeks and even months, if necessary, as friends and classmates of Alicia DeBolt deal with her tragic death."
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Law enforcement investigators work the scene at an asphalt plant southwest of Great Bend on Wednesday. A burned, unidentifiable body was found at this location a day earlier. Great Bend teen Alicia Debolt has been missing since Saturday. (Aug. 25, 2010)