Search Intensifies For Missing 16-Year-Old Considered 'Highly At Risk'

TRUCKEE, CA — The search continues near the California-Nevada border for 16-year-old Kiely Rodni, who disappeared over the weekend and is considered “highly at risk” by law enforcement.

“If you think you have information and you don’t know if it’s relevant, we want it,” Placer County Sgt. Scott Alford said Tuesday at a news conference streamed by KTVN 2 News.

Rodni has been missing since about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, which is also the last time police were able to trace her cellphone, authorities said. She had attended a party overnight with up to 300 other young people at the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee.

“Out of the 200 to 300 juveniles and young adults who were at that party at the Prosser Campground Friday evening, somebody knows something about Kiely,” Placer County Public Information Officer Angela Musallam said. “Please come forward. You will remain anonymous.”

Rodni’s vehicle — a silver 2013 Honda CRV with the California license plate 8YUR127 — remains missing as well, according to police.

More than 16 agencies were involved in the case Tuesday, plus over 100 volunteers, police said. The search was being conducted on foot as well as using canines, vehicles, boats and aircraft. Fifty FBI agents were investigating leads, according to authorities, and police had received more than 200 tips.

A Placer County Sheriff’s Office official previously told NBC News the disappearance was under investigation as an abduction, but Alford said Tuesday it was being treated as a missing person case and a search-and-rescue effort.

“Right now, we don’t have any evidence that supports an abduction,” he said. “We’re not ruling anything out.”

Police released a surveillance image Tuesday of Rodi near a local business Friday in Truckee, before she disappeared. She is white; 5 feet, 7 inches tall; weighs 115 pounds; and has blonde hair and hazel eyes. She had numerous piercings and jewelry, including a nose ring, and was last seen wearing a black spaghetti strap bodysuit, green Dickies brand pants with a black grommet belt, and black Vans shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to call 530-581-6320 and select option 7, or email sheriff_tahoeinvesttips@placer.ca.gov. Tips may remain anonymous.