Body found confirmed to be missing teen, and detectives are now investigating her death as a homicide
The body found Wednesday in a Hillsborough County nature preserve has been identified as missing Riverview teen Janessa Shannon, and her death is now being investigated as a homicide.
On Saturday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a post on Twitter that the body found in the Triple Creek Nature Preserve was the 13-year-old.
The teen girl was first reported missing July 2, according to our community partner Bay News 9. Janessa’s badly decomposed body was found 10 days later by a hiker in a heavily wooded area of the preserve.
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This story was originally published July 15, 2017 at 9:14 PM with the headline "Body found confirmed to be missing teen, and detectives are now investigating her death as a homicide."