Found Deceased AZ - Lianna Lefler, 18, Prescott Valley, 28 April 2017

[Lilibet]

What happened? Suicide? Poor girl. Sad to think she may have felt this alone.

I don't think we know yet what happened. I'm not going to be surprised if it's foul play, but suicide isn't off the table either. It's tragic either way.

 

[CabinFever]

Hmm, I show 12 minutes, 2.4 miles. I think she was probably very familiar with that trail as the head of the trail was just a few blocks from their house.
I would think that a service road would be blocked off by a gate or chain, wouldn't it?

You are right! Someone just drove there to see for us. I am hoping she comes here to post pictures of the hill so you can see how bald, or bare it is. It's hard to imagine that Lianna would not have been seen from the air. Poor thing!

 

[cool12]

RIP lianna [emoji253]

i wasn't expecting this ending. the mother hints that she was suicidal. this must be so heartbreaking for everyone

 

[CabinFever]

I found an article that gives much more detail about where she was found;

On Friday, Kaufman said Lefler’s next of kin have been notified and added that there were no signs her death was the result of foul play.

https://www.dcourier.com/news/2017/may/13/update-body-missing-teen-found-glassford-hill/

 

[pamelado2]

I found an article that gives much more detail about where she was found;

On Friday, Kaufman said Lefler’s next of kin have been notified and added that there were no signs her death was the result of foul play.

https://www.dcourier.com/news/2017/may/13/update-body-missing-teen-found-glassford-hill/

That's the article I was going to post. A brief excerpt:


Hosking said he was out front of the group when he discovered Lefler’s body on the Prescott Valley side of Glassford Hill, about a half-mile off of Prescott Valley’s existing trail to the top.

“It was pretty much in the middle of nowhere,” Hosking said of the site. He added that there were no drop-offs or cliffs nearby.

Noting that he expected the site would become a crime scene, Hosking said he and others left fairly quickly and called the Prescott Valley Police Department.

“I saw what was going on and moved away right away,” Hosking said.

Although he wasn’t certain of the exact jurisdiction, Hosking said the group believed the site was on land identified as Prescott Valley’s annexation area – on Arizona State Trust Land.

I'm surprised she wasn't found sooner.

 

[Spiritecho]

From CabinFever..
I found an article that gives much more detail about where she was found;

On Friday, Kaufman said Lefler’s next of kin have been notified and added that there were no signs her death was the result of foul play.

https://www.dcourier.com/news/2017/m...lassford-hill/

That's the article I was going to post. A brief excerpt:


Hosking said he was out front of the group when he discovered Lefler’s body on the Prescott Valley side of Glassford Hill, about a half-mile off of Prescott Valley’s existing trail to the top.

“It was pretty much in the middle of nowhere,” Hosking said of the site. He added that there were no drop-offs or cliffs nearby.

Noting that he expected the site would become a crime scene, Hosking said he and others left fairly quickly and called the Prescott Valley Police Department.

“I saw what was going on and moved away right away,” Hosking said.

Although he wasn’t certain of the exact jurisdiction, Hosking said the group believed the site was on land identified as Prescott Valley’s annexation area – on Arizona State Trust Land.

I'm surprised she wasn't found sooner.

Did he call it a crime scene simply because he found her deceased or was it clear to him it's a crime scene? If one commits suicide is it a crime scene?

Sort of contradictory. to me anyway.

 

[JimmyPerez]

Rest in peace, Lianna. Was very hopeful she'd just gone on a bit of a walkabout.

 

[Lilibet]

Did he call it a crime scene simply because he found her deceased or was it clear to him it's a crime scene? If one commits suicide is it a crime scene?

Sort of contradictory. to me anyway.

I think if I found a dead body I would treat it as a crime scene even if it looked like a suicide. You never know what really happened.

 

[Alethea]

Oh this is heartbreaking. Whenever I read about a situation that ends up like this I wish the person who was struggling knew that there were people here on WS who care - who follow every update, read every news article, try to be helpful in any way. I know depression and suicide is extremely complicated but I still wish our girls knew they were cared for by strangers around the globe.

 

[Whiskers16]

RIP Lianna.

Her choice to leave work shortly after arriving has confused the heck out of me. Today it dawned on me, if she were suicidal and perhaps people around her were aware of that, maybe particularly vigilant about her safety, her time at work could be the time when her family/friends assume she is safe. So perhaps it was very intentional to leave shortly after being dropped off at work, to have a ~8 hour "head start" before anyone came looking for her. JMO and speculation.



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[pamelado2]

RIP Lianna.
Her choice to leave work shortly after arriving has confused the heck out of me. Today it dawned on me, if she were suicidal and perhaps people around her were aware of that, maybe particularly vigilant about her safety, her time at work could be the time when her family/friends assume she is safe. So perhaps it was very intentional to leave shortly after being dropped off at work, to have a ~8 hour "head start" before anyone came looking for her. JMO and speculation.



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Yes, I agree - and also probably the reason she didn't text anyone but her birth mom, so as not to raise suspicion.

 

[HairyHorse]

I took the address from Walmart and used Google maps from there (3450 N Glassford Hill) to the top of the hill. It showed that it is a 12 mile drive?

I saw a picture of the hill where she was found. It was more like a hill that is pretty bald, and vacant. How odd that she wasn't seen from the air =(

Amongst her Facebook photos are a few pictures of her and foster sisters on Mount Baldy. I believe this is the same place (Glassford hill) where her body was located.

My feeling is that this was a special place for her, and if she intended to hike up there, that would explain her needing a warmer hoodie.

If she was genuinely feeling ill, then I doubt she would have intended to walk up there. However, if the "feeling ill" was an excuse to buy some time to be alone and perhaps take her life, it makes sense to me that she would go to a place she had been before, where she knew she would be left alone for a while.

I know that at least one of the searchers was bitten by a rattlesnake (thankfully dry bite) during the search, its possible she succumbed to a bite?

I'm so sad for her, and her family and friends who obviously loved her a great deal.

 

[WideOpen]

:rose:RIP Lianna

This just makes me so sad.
I saw such a sweet longing in her eyes and her smile was gentle. I hope she has found her peace.

jmo

 

[crhedBngr]

RIP, Lianna.

 

[pamelado2]

Amongst her Facebook photos are a few pictures of her and foster sisters on Mount Baldy. I believe this is the same place (Glassford hill) where her body was located.

My feeling is that this was a special place for her, and if she intended to hike up there, that would explain her needing a warmer hoodie.

If she was genuinely feeling ill, then I doubt she would have intended to walk up there. However, if the "feeling ill" was an excuse to buy some time to be alone and perhaps take her life, it makes sense to me that she would go to a place she had been before, where she knew she would be left alone for a while.

I know that at least one of the searchers was bitten by a rattlesnake (thankfully dry bite) during the search, its possible she succumbed to a bite?

I'm so sad for her, and her family and friends who obviously loved her a great deal.

I thought the same thing (about the bite) - no one wants to think of a person suffering so much that they want to end their life. I can only imagine the guilt/grief of family and friends over this. Just completely heartbreaking.

 

[ann1989]

I thought the same thing (about the bite) - no one wants to think of a person suffering so much that they want to end their life. I can only imagine the guilt/grief of family and friends over this. Just completely heartbreaking.

Has it been confirmed suicide?

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[pamelado2]

Has it been confirmed suicide?

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No, sorry - and I shouldn't assume. But the officer quoted in the article said foul play wasn't suspected and i believe it was the person that found her that said she wasn't found near any cliffs or out-croppings. That and the fact that she was known to have problems with depression makes me think that may be the outcome.

 

[Elainera]

Beautiful young woman. May she rest in peace.