March 3rd, 2010 
Gulpari
LATEST UPDATE
Body found Shortly after 1pm- near water’s edge in shallow grave and was found not far from where they found one of Chelsea’s shoes. Body was 10- 15 ft from tributary. Strong likelihood it it chelsea and the family has been told and is devastated. Dive teams found body on the shoreline south of the lake in little tributary about a half mile from her car and a thorough crime scene investigation now underway. Positive ID is expected tonight or early tomorrow.
Arraignment still scheduled tomorrow for the suspect John Gardner, who is being held in solitary confinement in a medical unit to make sure he doesn’t hurt himself and we are also told he is being uncooperative in regards to the investigation. Investigators first searched the area where body was found on Friday, but it is a heavily wooded area and the Sheriff says it would have taken someone effort to hide the body there. Sonar did not help find body.
A VERY SAD UPDATE
About a half hour ago I got information that Chelsea’s body was found. A law enforcement source says she was found near the lake and it appears to be found in a creek. So sad. Press conference postponed until later today/tonight.
Any time you cover a story like this it just breaks your heart. It should never happen to a family, to a young girl with so much ahead of her, but at this hour the search is on again in the rural area around Lake Hodges near San Diego. The lake and surrounding park is not unlike many other areas around our country, nestled in a nice neighborhood of surrounding foothills. A large community park with baseball and soccer fields is attached. It is here that Chelsea parked her car last Thursday and it is here that her father found that car with her cell phone and iPod still inside and his daughter nowhere to be found.
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