Body Of Missing Kansas Student Found

(CBS/AP)  Police say a body found in Kansas appears to be that of a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn star. Authorities said the preliminary physical description of the body found about 50 miles east of El Dorado matches that of missing college student Emily Sander.

Clement Sander confirmed to CBS News that the body was that of his granddaughter, Emily.

Investigators refused to give details about the state of the body or how it was found. Police Chief Tom Boren said the cause of death was not yet
known. An autopsy is planned.

Sander, 18, was last seen leaving a bar with a man who has been the focus of a nationwide search since police found large quantities of blood in a Kansas motel room where he was staying.

Investigators have not yet found a link between a missing college student and her activities as an online porn star named Zoey Zane, but publicity about her explicit photos has brought a flood of tips, many of them false leads.

Before she vanished, nude photos of Sander appeared on various Web sites. The national publicity surrounding her double life kept phones ringing continuously at the El Dorado police station.

"No tips were generated from it," Boren said.

The police chief said the publicity was unlikely to help.

"We did talk to the lady that operates the site. We didn't find any viable connection with this main suspect at this point," he said.

Sander, who attended Butler Community College, was last seen Friday leaving the bar with Israel Mireles, 24. Authorities are looking for him and his 16-year-old pregnant girlfriend.

The rental car Mireles was driving was found abandoned Tuesday in Vernon, Texas, where he has relatives. Investigators interviewed family members and planned to bring the vehicle back to Kansas for processing.

"We feel they know where he is at, but they haven't shared that with us," Boren said.

On Thursday, searchers on foot and all-terrain vehicles were checking the tall grass along each side of Highway 54 near Neal, Kan., as they traced the route Mireles may have taken Saturday on the way to Baxter Springs to pick up his girlfriend.

So far searches using dogs, planes, underwater equipment and divers at the Walnut River dam have yielded no new evidence.

"We have about exhausted a lot of the resources we have until we can focus on a particular area," Boren said.

Dozens of people gathered Wednesday in El Dorado for a candlelight vigil for Sander. The turnout moved her grandfather, who said Emily's disappearance shows tragedy can suddenly strike anyone.

"All I can say to you young folks out there is be careful," Clement Sander said. "It is a cruel world."

[pelostilaho]

If the suspect is ILLEGAL and he did the murder - he should be publicly lynched on a Texas road. Period.

And any of you do-goodie guilt laden Libs don''t like it - then take your girlfriend Hillary, Boy Obama and move to Mexico. Live there - along with murderous garbage like Mireles. This girl unfortunately made a stupid choice and paid for it with her life, but now, so should he. And the sooner he''s found the better and sooner it happens.

[keithle1]

The secret lives of young women.

[krac.n321c]

It is tragic what happened to this young girl. I have a daughter who''s 13, I can only pray she makes the right decisions in life. There is a right and a wrong way to live. People who think otherwise don''t really understand real TRUTH. There are laws in physics, gravity, where everyone knows you drop a ball it will fall to the ground...God has laws of right and wrong, and if one is honest with oneself, they would agree. We are given our life to use it for good.

[wheezel3]

Her pix had only been online 2 mos and she was not yet a "star" but I guess they keep saying that to make it somehow more shocking or sad or something. The sad thing is that not only do we have to deal with homegrown white trash in the US, we get the added benefit of having to deal with a whole influx of hispanic trash and Hmong trash and West African trash and eveyone''s trash pouring into a country that already had enough feeble-minded morons in it without immigration.

[pakaal]

kalcoh wrote: "Let''s see, CBS shows many photos of the girl to get ratings, but not one photo of the suspect."

Nope, sorry, wrong answer. The correct response was "It''s a terrible tragedy."

[skalpakian]

Let''s see, CBS shows many photos of the girl to get ratings, but not one photo of the suspect.

[bm6005]

I am from Kansas and this where she was in not a big place just a little dot on a map. it doesn''''t matter where you are if evil is looking it will find you in some form or another. Posted by cntrygrllst

I''m not arguing that at all. In fact I agree with you 100%. My only point was, in the beginning, that this is nothing new. It''s not a sign of less religion or less strict parenting and it''s not getting worse. We just hear/see more of it because the population has increased and there''s more news coverage.

[krazykat2525]

so many Hollywood "celebrities" put or had nude pics of them on the internet it may have influenced this young lady but it does NOT give anyone the right to say "she deserved it". Unfortunately,when you have folks like the little girl from High School Musical who many look up to & try & imitate, going nude on the internet, the results can be tragic.

[cntrygrllst]

What difference does it make what she did? Her life was cut short her family is suffering. and NO ONE should die at the hands of another.
And for the person who lives in a small area in the mountains... I am from Kansas and this where she was in not a big place just a little dot on a map. it doesn''t matter where you are if evil is looking it will find you in some form or another.

[bm6005]

olebd

Perhaps the time I spent in the Army, the years I spent working in factories and just living this long has jaded me but I remember being very uncomfortable around certain people way back even when I was 18. I''ve met many low lifes over the years so I''m not surprised that they exist but the population has grown considerably since I was young so it''s not surprising to me that we think we see more of this. I cannot get over the congestion and crowding in the cities. I was raised in the inner city of Cleveland and it seems so much more crowded when I visit than when I was young. We always had lots of adultery, murders and crime so trust me it was a bad society then too! If you''ve lived out in the country you have seen many changes I agree, but city living has always been rife with low lives.