Brissa Romero: Missing teen's car identified and retrieved from pond weeks after disappearance
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES: There's no sign of the missing girl, but authorities have discovered what they think to be her SUV submerged in a pond.
According to reporter Kris Habermehl of Chicago CBS affiliate WBBM, Brissa Romero, 17, did not have anything in the Nissan Rogue that was claimed to be hers.
Police are searching for teenager Brissa Romero
Though her whereabouts are unknown, Romero may have been in the SUV when it went into the water, according to Chicago Fox affiliate WFLD, which was reported by police.
This is based on recently uncovered security footage from a fast-food restaurant, where she entered, left the building quickly by herself, and got into her Nissan. They claimed to have seen her phone ping 15 minutes later near the pond.
Additionally, a pedestrian reported to the police that they had found a washed-up backpack, the police claimed. The hunt is still going strong, as Law & Crime reported.
Romero vanished on Monday, December 4, while traveling to the Bowlero bowling alley in Vernon Hills, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, for a holiday work party. According to authorities, the teenager's cellphone was pinging in the vicinity, but she never appeared.
The Nissan Rogue, identified as belonging to missing teen, Brissa Romero, has been recovered. The vehicle was pulled out of a pond at Executive Way & Lakeview Pkwy, near the last traced cellular data. The vehicle was empty & a search will continue. More at https://t.co/vhbRxCdj7J pic.twitter.com/GdqKQ1cVkf
— Kris Habermehl (@KrisHabermehl) December 11, 2023
Where was Brissa Romero last seen?
One of the law enforcement organizations searching for her, the Village of Carpentersville Public Safety, has stated that she was seen wearing black pants and a green shirt on surveillance footage visiting a relative in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Romero is seen in surveillance footage that her family allegedly shared, stopping by her job in the Schaumburg, Illinois, suburb to pick up an iPad. That was the day she vanished, just before 7 p.m.
Authorities have stated that Brissa has never run away from home. Romero was said to be close to her family by all accounts.
At the age of seventeen, she had completed her high school education and was enrolled at Harper College to pursue her career as a sonogram nurse. To pay for her classes, she was working two jobs.
Brissa is described by the police as weighing about 115 pounds and standing an even 5 feet.
