Riverside police found a missing person dead by apparent suicide in Turtle Park.
At about 9:15 p.m. on Feb. 2, Riverside police located a deceased individual in the park who matched the description of a missing juvenile, though not a resident of Riverside. In a written statement police said they received the report of a missing child “who had not been answering their phone” around 8:45 p.m. that day after the juvenile was last seen around 5:30 p.m. in the Riverside area.
Riverside police said officers tracked the signal of child’s cell phone using their phone number to a 500-meter radius near Longcommon and Nuttall roads before they thoroughly searched the area.
Police determined the minor died from a single gunshot wound that appeared to be self-inflicted, they said. Police recovered a firearm at the scene.
According to police, an investigation into the incident remains active.
