Last Updated on: 12th November 2022, 08:11 pm
Who is Trinity Backus? Biography, Wiki
Trinity Backus had not been seen since Wednesday and was found dead a half-mile from her aunt’s home in Northern California.
Trinity Backus of Nevada County was discovered in a heavily forested river basin north of Ashley Bjorklund’s home on Kentucky Ravine Road, where she had spent the night.
Backus, a local basketball star at Nevada Union High School, was staying at a friend’s house at Bjorklund’s house when he disappeared.
Trinity Backus Age
Her current age was 16 years.
Missing California Teenager Trinity Backus
Backus was reported missing Thursday after no one had heard from her since she left her aunt’s house around 10:30 p.m. PT Wednesday. She was last seen in her pajamas and a brown dress with no shoes.
“We are lost, sad, heartbroken… worried,” the teen’s aunt, Ashley Bjorklund, told Fox News Digital on Friday.
Backus was staying with a friend at Bjorklund’s home on Kentucky Ravine Road, a 12-acre property in Nevada City, California when he disappeared.
Found Dead And Police Investigation Report
A day after 16-year-old Trinity Backus was reported missing in Northern California, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said she was found tragically dead not far from where she was last found on Wednesday night.
In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said search and rescue teams found the missing teen’s body just after 2 p.m. on Friday.
She was found about a half-mile north of her aunt’s home, which was in a “densely wooded river basin,” the sheriff’s office said.
NCSO said there was “nothing suspicious” about his death.
Backus’ cause of death is unknown, but the Coroner’s Division will conduct an examination and autopsy.
“We are in touch with the family and offer them our deepest condolences as they go through this loss,” NCSO wrote on Facebook.
“We ask that you respect their privacy.”
The sheriff’s office also expressed “deep appreciation” for the hundreds of volunteers from Northern California authorities who took part in the search.