Overview
- Placer County sheriff's officials said the 40-year-old was found in the water Monday upstream from Lake Clementine after a multi-day search.
- VanAcker was last seen around 2:30 p.m. Friday on the Codfish Falls Trail with her dog, which was located alone about 15 minutes later.
- Deputies found her vehicle near the trailhead and later recovered her cellphone and a dog bowl along the river.
- Search teams focused on the river corridor after human footprints were observed going into the water with no tracks exiting.
- Multiple agencies deployed boats, dive teams, drones, sonar, an ROV and FIRIS aerial imaging as conditions allowed, and officials offered condolences and urged civilians not to conduct searches.