Body believed to be that of missing Tahoe-area woman found off Mt. Rose Highway
WASHOE COUNTY – Authorities say the body of a missing Tahoe-area woman has been found in Nevada.
The Placer County Sheriff's Office says a body was found off of Mt. Rose Highway in the Washoe County area of Nevada. The sheriff's office believes the body is that of Patricia Portella-Wright, who had been missing since Aug. 3.
Portella-Wright's boyfriend, Brent Clifford, was announced as a person of interest in a Reno homicide on Wednesday. He was taken into custody in Portola later that day.
Clifford and Portella-Wright lived together, the sheriff's office said. He had also been named as a person of interest in her disappearance.
𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚-𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 It is with heavy hearts that we share today, (August 15th,...
Posted by Placer County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, August 15, 2024
A drone found the body believed to be that of Portella-Wright down a steep embankment. Crews recovered the body.
Clifford has been booked into Placer County Jail for homicide in connection to Portella-Wright's death, the sheriff's office says.