09-08-2012, 09:35 AM
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NBC News
Linnea Lomax, 19, was last seen on June 26, 2012.
Volunteers searching for 19-year-old Linnea Lomax, a University of California, Davis freshman missing since June, discovered a body Friday near the shore of the American River in Sacramento.
Sacramento police were called to the scene but authorities said they could not confirm the identity of the body, which, they told NBC station KCRA, was badly decomposed and appeared to be female.
The body was found at 10:18 a.m. in the Glenn Hall Park area, not far from where Lomax was last seen walking away from a mental health appointment, police said.
Members of HelpFindLinnea.orgissued a statement saying the Lomax family "is asking for continued support, prayers and privacy" until confirmation of the body’s identity.
ETA: (CBS13) – The Lomax family has confirmed that the body found on an American River levee near Sacramento State University is that of UC Davis student Linnea Lomax, who has been missing since late June.