Seeker said:
It's her.
The Hanford police treated this as if she was a runaway at first. I saw her dad on the news this morning...this was before the confirmation on the body.
Recieved this from a group website for HS alumni. Went to High School with her Father......
LEMOORE -- Hanford police and a forensic team from the FBI searched
for leads Monday into the death of a girl believed to be Celena
Valle, whose body was found southeast of The Palace Indian Gaming
Center.
Not much more than tumbleweeds grows where the body was discovered
Sunday. Wheat, alfalfa and dairies dominate the landscape, with the
casino rising in the distance through the haze.
It's here that Cecil Valle's monthlong search for his missing 15-year-
old daughter may have ended.
"I've been waiting and waiting since [Sunday] night," Valle said. "I
still haven't heard anything. I know it might be her, even though I
don't want it to be."
Hanford police would not say the body was Celena's, but did say it
was clothed in garments similar to what she was last seen wearing. It
also fit her physical description.
Kings County coroner's officials will use dental records to make a
positive identification in the next few days.
Investigators have made no arrests in the case but have interviewed
several witnesses.
On Feb. 27, Celena left her father's house wearing a red, hooded
sweat shirt, jeans and white platform tennis shoes and headed to a
house party in Hanford.