Placer County Sheriff’s Office
More than a month after the body of teenager Kiely Rodni was recovered from a California reservoir bordering the campground site of her disappearance, her death has been ruled an accident, according to an autopsy report released by the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.
“This ruling is based on the pathologist’s finding that her death was the result of drowning,” a statement released by the coroner’s division of the sheriff’s office announced, “and that there was no other information to suggest she was the victim of foul play.”
Rodni, 16, vanished from a high school graduation party at the Prosser Family Campground on Aug. 6, sparking a desperate and sprawling two-week search by hundreds of volunteers. More than 15 law enforcement agencies also contributed to the effort, accumulating nearly 20,000 cumulative man hours as officers combed two states and thousands of acres.