Sunday, 9 September 2012

Linnea Lomax Found

Body of Linnea Lomax, missing UC Davis student, found near Sacramento’s American River
The Sacramento County Coroner has confirmed that the body found near the American River was that of 19-year-old Linnea Lomax, freshman at the University of California, who’s been missing since leaving an outpatient mental health facility June 26.

Lomax suffered a mental breakdown while studying for final exams in June. When her parents visited her at school, they saw a suicide website on her computer screen. She also lost 20 pounds and looked dehydrated.

Authorities identified a decomposed body found near the American River in Sacramento, Calif. as a missing freshman from the University of California, Davis.

Linnea Lomax, 19, went missing on June 26 after leaving an outpatient mental health facility. The subsequent search effort ended when a search team found her body near the river Friday morning.

Sacramento County Coroner Greg Wyatt later confirmed that the body was in fact Lomax's, reports http://www.nydailynews.com,

The online volunteer group dedicated to finding Lomax, released the following statement: "Wonderful volunteers. We are grieved to report that we have just received confirmation that our search for Linnea has ended in sorrow. She has gone to be with her Lord. Yet in our sorrow we do not despair, knowing we will see her again one day."

The family of Linnea Lomax is arranging a Celebration of Life service, to commemorate the person they loved rather than focus on her untimely death.

When detectives arrived at the scene, they told law enforcement officials that there was "no reason to suspect foul play," according to ABC News 10. The cause of death, nonetheless, is still under investigation.

Lomax suffered a mental breakdown while studying for final exams in June. When her parents visited her dorm room, they saw Lomax literally pulling her hair out, with a bottle of open ibuprofen in clear sight and a suicide website on her computer screen. She also lost 20 pounds and looked dehydrated.
Her parents persuaded the student to check herself into a mental health facility. She stayed in treatment for 10 days, but then disappeared the day after she was released, reports the CBS affiliate in Sacramento.

When detectives arrived at the scene, they said there was ‘no reason to suspect foul play.’ The cause of death, nonetheless, is still under investigation.

"I never knew my daughter could go from being a happy college student - a stressed but happy college student - in May to being in the streets in June," her father told The Sacramento Bee.
Lomax's family is arranging a Celebration of Life service, to commemorate the person they loved rather than focus on her untimely death.

Volunteers searching for 19-year-old Linnea Lomax, the University of California, Davis freshman missing since June discovered a body on the shore of the American River in Sacramento that turned out to be her.

"If I had to use one word to describe Linnea it would be shiny. I don't mean just her hair or anything, but her whole personality just shines," said Paris Coyne, who has been Lomax's friend since eighth grade.

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