Overview

• The Norfolk Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that remains found June 9 in a Norfolk wooded area were those of Seaman Angelina Resendiz, who vanished from Naval Station Norfolk on May 29.
• The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has placed another Navy sailor in pretrial confinement under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with charges pending in connection to her death.
• NCIS is working alongside Virginia State Police and local law enforcement to determine the circumstances and timeline of Resendiz’s disappearance and death.
• Resendiz, a 21-year-old culinary specialist assigned to the USS James E. Williams, was reported missing after she failed to report for duty and abruptly stopped all communications.
• Her family has appealed to President Donald J. Trump, Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and other federal officials to probe potential systemic failures that may have contributed to her disappearance.