Date uploaded: 2021-10-02 20:35:17
Florida authorities have found what they believe to be the body of 19-year-old college student Miya Marcano, who went missing more than a week ago, Orange County's sheriff said Saturday.
After days of searching, teams found the body around 10:45 a.m., Oct. 2 in a wooded area near Tymber Skan apartments in Orlando, Florida, Orange County Sheriff John W. Mina said at a Saturday news conference.
"We are very certain of the identity," Mina said, but he acknowledged the medical examiner's office has yet to confirm the body' identity. Mina said a purse with Marcano's identification was found near the body.
Before she went missing, Marcano, a student at Valencia College in Orlando, was last seen the evening of Sept. 24. Marcano was working at the apartment complex where she lived and worked when a maintenance worker at the complex used a master key fob to access her apartment, Mina said.
"Our hearts are broken," Mina said. "Everyone wanted this outcome to be different."
