Overview
- Search teams on Thursday recovered an overturned black 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan in a waterway near Larimer County Road 44/Prospect Road by Timnath, where a body was found inside.
- Colorado State Patrol confirmed the vehicle belonged to 20-year-old Kaylee Russell and assumed the lead in the investigation.
- Russell’s family said on a verified GoFundMe that she was found deceased, though authorities have not formally identified the body.
- Earlier the same day, dive and drone teams searched a separate site near the Johnstown Ready Mix Plant and reported no vehicle at that location.
- Russell was last seen Nov. 30 after dropping her father at the Loveland/Johnstown Park‑N‑Ride following a flat tire, and her phone and accounts showed no activity afterward.