Body of Missing Long Island Teen Found a Day After Her Friend is Found Dead in Nearby Road

Suffolk Police say a body found in Brentwood Wednesday evening "fits the description" of 16-year-old Kayla Cuevas, who had been missing since her friend was found dead in the same area Tuesday night.

Kayla's body was found at about 5:14 p.m in a wooded area near Ray Court, police said. Ray Court is off Stahley Street, where the body of 15-year-old Nisa Mickens was found Tuesday.

Kayla may have been the target of a kidnapping by gang members on Tuesday, PIX 11 reported. Nisa is believed to have tried to fight off the assailants when she was killed, according to the report.

Officers were called to Stahley Street, near Loretta Park Elementary School, after a passing driver called 911 at 8:36 p.m. Tuesday to report a body in the road, police said.

Upon arrival, officers found Nisa, who would have turned 16 on Wednesday, dead with lacerations and head trauma, police said.

“Let me be extremely clear: This brutal attack of a teenager will not stand in Suffolk County,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini said before Kayla's body was found, according to a Newsday report. “We are going to put an enormous amount of resources to catch this depraved perpetrator and we are asking the public for their help.”

Nisa and Kayla were last seen together at 6:30 p.m. at Kayla's Brentwood home when Nisa was dropped off by her father.

Google Maps photo: Nisa's body was found just down the road from Loretta Park Elementary School.

"The father [of Kayla] said that when he went to the store they must have left. Because when he got home, I was there to pick her up," Nisa's father, Rob Mickens, told ABC 7. "He said 'I'm going to run inside.' He said they're not here. Immediately, we started looking."

Anyone with information is asked to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.