Remains Found Near Alameda Creek Confirmed As Missing Teen [UPDATE]

ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA – UPDATE: FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 9:50 a.m.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office confirmed this morning that a body found Thursday evening along Alameda Creek is a woman who had been missing for a month but wasn't found during an extensive search.

Jayda Jenkins, 18, of Tracy, crashed her vehicle into the creek off Niles Canyon Road on Jan. 21 and she had been listed as missing.

The sheriff's office this morning on Twitter sent their condolences to Jenkins' family and friends as part of its confirmation of Jenkins' identity.

A person found the body near the creek -- close to Coyote Hills in the Ardenwood area -- and called police at 5:34 p.m. on Thursday to report it.

Deputies who responded found Jenkins on the north side of the creek, between the water and a levee trail.

Police said Jenkins appeared to have been in the water and exposed to the elements "for some time."

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FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 6:54 a.m.

A female body found along Alameda Creek Thursday evening may be that of 18-year-old Jayda Jenkins, who went missing after her vehicle crashed into the water off Niles Canyon Road Jan. 21, according to police.

The body has not yet been identified, but Alameda County sheriff's deputies have notified Jenkins' family of the discovery, according to police.

The find was reported to dispatch at 5:34 p.m. after a male caller found the body near the creek's water, close to Coyote Hills in the Ardenwood area.

Officers responding to the scene found her remains on the north side of the creek, between the water and the levee trail. She appears to have been in the water and exposed to the elements "for some time," police said.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office and coroner's bureau are handling the case, police said.

Jenkins' silver Honda Accord careened off Niles Canyon Road after striking a white Honda in the accident, deputies said. Her vehicle was recovered, however, the body of the teen, who is from Tracy, was not inside and was never found as the search was hampered by fast-moving waters of Alameda Creek, running high after several storms. The search involved personnel from the sheriff's office, Fremont police and fire departments, the CHP and the East Bay Regional Park District, among other agencies.

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— Bay City News contributed to this report/Images via Alameda County Sheriff's Office