Texas mom finds body of 16-year-old daughter at bottom of cliff after tracking her through phone app
Texas mother finds body of 16-year-old daughter at bottom of cliff
- Siri Reddy, 16, was found by her mother using a phone tracking app when she failed to show up for school pick up
- Emergency services carried out life-saving measures, but she was pronounced dead at the scene
- Principal of the private Keystone School in San Antonio says the junior student will be “deeply missed.”
The heartbroken mother of missing teen Siri Reddy discovered her daughter’s body at the bottom of a cliff after using a cell phone tracking app.
Now police are trying to figure out how the teenager ended up dead at the bottom of the cliff 20 kilometers from her school.
Reddy, 16, was found by her mother after she failed to show up for pick-up at Keystone School in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday.
The police were called and began an investigation, while Reddy’s bereaved mother made her way to the location of her daughter’s cell phone.
Her mother found Reddy’s body at the bottom of a cliff in the area around Heroes Stadium and Thousand Oaks at a former quarry 12 miles from her campus.
William Handmaker, the principal of the school, described Miss Reddy as an ‘award-winning’ student who will be ‘deeply missed’.
Reddy was found dead along a bluff in San Antonio near Heroes Stadium, but police don’t know why she was there
It is not yet known why Reddy was on the cliff at Heroes Stadium, 12 miles from her school
San Antonio police said the student appeared to have fallen and died of her injuries, though it was not known why she was in the area.
Emergency services attempted life-saving measures on the high school student, but she could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead at the scene.
William Handmaker, the principal of the school, described Miss Reddy as an ‘award-winning’ student who will be ‘deeply missed’.
“We are deeply saddened that one of our students, Siri Reddy (a junior) passed away yesterday,” Handmaker said in a statement shared with DailyMail.com.
“Our sincere condolences go out to her family, friends and every member of the Keystone School community.”
Local residents have gathered near the scene of Siri’s death in San Antonio, Texas
Emergency services attempted life-saving measures on high school student, but she could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead at the scene
Describing Siri and her contribution to school, he said, “She was a member of the National Honor Society, an award-winning member of the school’s Science Fair team, a member of the Upper School’s Robotics team, and contributed to The Keynote.
“Last year she sang Mozart’s Vedrai Carino at Music Fest at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, and she sang in the cast of the Upper School musical Grease,” he added.
“She will be sorely missed.”
Counselors will be available to students and staff on campus, and all members of the school community have been encouraged to cooperate with law enforcement if necessary.
Police said the circumstances surrounding Siri’s death are still under investigation.