Truckee, CA — A partygoer who was withon the night Keely Rodney disappeared refuses to cooperate with investigators. California officials said he was kicked out of the university after "misconduct".
"People aren't talking to us," Angela Mussallam, a spokeswoman for the Placer County Sheriff's Office, told the Post on Thursday.
16-year-old Keelywent missing 13 days ago after attending a party near her family's campsite in Prosser, California, on August 6. I was.
Party members may be in college or about to enter college, and fear that saying something will ruin their future.
"You know Her family has suffered enough," the officer complained.
Police have pictures of Keeley at the party, but they have an estimated 200 to 300 attendees. Nonetheless, no party-goers have claimed to have seen Keely leave.
Hundreds of tips came in for this department, but almost he had little prospect two weeks later. Police announced over the weekendthat they were scaling back their search for Keeley after spending hundreds of hours in the area.
Authorities have repeatedly told members of the community that they would turn a blind eye to illegal activities to find teenage girls.
We do not condone illegal activity, but for the purposes of this investigation and investigation, it is not our priority: we do not want partygoers to go to jail for drugs or underage drinking. We want to find Keeley," Mussallam said, emphasizing that police will provide information anonymously.
She believes the mute children may know where Keeley went after the party. , officials have yet to locate the silver Honda CRV she drove to the gathering.
"Ask someone who knows something. Weighing in on your conscience, Mussallam said, "You have to live the rest of your life knowing that the family will not shut down about your daughter's whereabouts." The sheriff's office is also investigating online reports that the two were elderly men who were at a party and may have been handing out drugs.
"I don't know how many older men were at the party," Mussallam said. "However, it can be said that the majority of the party attendees were minors and young adults.
On Wednesday, 91 detectives and investigators attended the case. is expected to be similar.
The focus is on partygoers knocking on the door to glean more information about how Keely left the party. Police have yet to finalize the theory as to how Keely disappeared.
"We don't know what happened to Keely, so all scenarios are still under consideration," Mussallam said. said.
Volunteers range from high school students to ski patrols and soccer moms, walking, dirt his bike, pick-up he searches on the track and backcountry his mapping tools he searches grids on CalTopo I am recording.
One of them is Lisa Petrucci, 58, from nearby Sierraville, California, about 25 miles north of Truckee.
``We are mountain people.
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It's not uncommon for skiers and hikers to go missing in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Truckee. find them.
Petrucci and the rest of the volunteer search party, seemingly positive that Keely would show up, became increasingly concerned as to why she had not been found until now. I'm here.
All of Petrucci's children attend Forrest, where Keeley recently graduated from her charter her school, and Prosser her family The annual graduation party near her campsite is a time-honored tradition. .
"Every year they have that party," Petrucci said. ``My daughter graduated last year, and she did it. spend."
