Suspect Arrested In Missing Teen Chelsea King Case
Chelsea King Reported Missing Thursday
POSTED: 12:14 am PST February 26, 2010
UPDATED: 7:11 pm PST February 28, 2010
[BUZZ: Suspect Arrested In Missing Teen Chelsea King Case] [DELICIOUS: Suspect
SAN DIEGO -- In a news conference going on right now,
sheriff William Gore has said the police do have a suspect in custody. Stay with 10News.com and 10News for the latest developments.
An multi-agency effort to find a 17-year-old girl who failed to return from a run near Lake Hodges on Thursday resumed Sunday.
More than 1,000 volunteers turned out to search for Chelsea King on Saturday, and sheriff's deputies said they were investigating if her disappearance might be related to an assault in December.
Chelsea's BMW was found in Rancho Bernardo Community Park, where she often went to run. San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said his investigators were working with San Diego police to determine if her disappearance was connected to a Dec. 27 assault on a woman at the Rancho Bernardo park. He declined to give details of that case.
Brent and Kelly King, Chelsea's parents, met with volunteers at the start of Saturday's search, where a big crowd turned out to help look for the Poway High School senior despite the rain. "It's a reflection of who she is and what kind of person she is," Brent Kelly said. "She's that kind of kid that everybody loves and it shows."
Saturday's search included law enforcement officers in a helicopter equipped with infrared sensors, divers and tracking dogs.
Investigators are looking at Chelsea's cell phone, which was found in her car, and her home computer for clues.
Chelsea, a member of the San Diego Symphony and a straight-A student, failed to come home from an after-school run, and her parents reported her missing about 6 p.m.
She is white, about 5 feet 5 inches and 115 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes.
Deputies asked that anyone with more information call the sheriff's department at
