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This story was updated on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, at 2:50 p.m.
During the search for 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos on Tuesday, authorities discovered a body they believed to be the missing woman.
On Wednesday afternoon the Bexar County Sheriff's Office issued a statement and confirmed that the remains were those of Mendoza Olmos.
The statement said that the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office "identified the decedent located yesterday during an open-field search in the 10000 block of FM 1560 as 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos" and "determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the manner of death a suicide."
Mendoza Olmos was last seen on the morning of Christmas Eve, prompting an extensive search in northwest Bexar County.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said deputies found the body around 4 p.m. on Tuesday in a wooded area a few hundred yards from Mendoza Olmos’ home, where she was last seen on Wednesday.
At that time Salazar had said that foul play was not suspected and that the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office would take next steps to confirm the identity of the body and determine a cause of death.
In the intervening days since Mendoza Olmos' disappearance, investigators said evidence suggested she may have been experiencing a mental health crisis before she disappeared.
“During the course of the investigation, we developed some information that there may have been some suicidal ideations on Camila’s part,” Salazar said. “It sounds like a young person going through a very tough time in their life.”
Salazar also said a firearm was found near the body and matched the description of a gun reported missing from Mendoza Olmos’ home.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security also assisted the Bexar County Sheriff’s office in the investigation.
