In light of the fact that an 11-day search for missing Truckee teen Kiely Rodni near Prosser Reservoir has come to a standstill due to a lack of new information, it will be scaled back.
Josh Barnhart, a detective with the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, said that after this week, the organizations involved in the investigation would set up a task force to exchange any fresh information.
As opposed to having many persons work on the investigation continuously, the agencies would alternate between investigating tips.
After attending a party at the Prosser Family Campgrounds near the mountain town of Truckee, located 35 miles west of Reno, Kiely Rodni, 16, vanished early on the morning of August 6th.
Police reported that since Kiely’s phone was last turned on at 12:33 a.m. on August 6, neither she nor her silver 2013 Honda CRV have been seen. Although the phone’s location near water was reported, detectives stated this does not necessarily indicate that she was last close or in the water.
Numerous searches were conducted during the investigation at Prosser Reservoir by hundreds of law enforcement personnel, including the FBI. Additionally, Prosser and the adjoining Boca and Stampede reservoirs have been searched by volunteers.
In Reno and the area of Lake Tahoe, hundreds of missing posters have been up in both English and Spanish.
The honors student, who graduated from a Truckee charter high school in June, is missing, and Nevada County Sheriff’s Captain Sam Brown urged people to seek around for anything that might provide information about her whereabouts. According to him, volunteers looking in places where law enforcement has looked may find something different.
A $25,000 anonymous donation raised the prize for information leading to Kiely Rodni’s discovery from $50,000 to $75,000 in total.
A fresh video they obtained from the campground party showed Kiely Rodni wearing a new hoodie, which the Placer County Sheriff’s Office published in an image. In addition, she was given another sweatshirt at the event, and a store security camera image shows Kiely wearing a black body suit with thin straps.