Arrest Made After FBI Says Remains Found Near Salton Sea Are Missing 17-Year-Old Riverside County Girl

CBS LA

February 23, 2026

FBI investigators have identified the human remains found near the Salton Sea as a 17-year-old Riverside County girl who was reported missing last year.

T'neya "TT" Tovar was reported missing on Dec. 1, 2025, according to the FBI's Los Angeles Office. She was last seen in Thermal, California, an unincorporated community in Riverside County's Coachella Valley, investigators said.

As the FBI search continued for weeks, Imperial County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the area near Portsmouth Avenue and Newhaven Court, in the Vista Delmar area, on Dec. 21 for reports of human remains. Upon arrival, they found a human leg that showed signs of decomposition.

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