Kailee Clapp, Neb. Girl Reported Missing, Believed Found Dead

OMAHA, Neb. (CBS/KOLN/AP) Authorities believe they have found the remains of 14-year-old Nebraska girl Kailee Clapp, who was reported missing from her McCook home on Friday, Jan. 21.

Police say a person of interest was arrested in case and remained in custody Sunday, although say no formal charges had been filed.

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According to CBS affiliate KOLN, the 18-year-old man was arrested Friday afternoon, but police have not said how he's connected to Kailee, who was reported missing from her home in McCook about 7 a.m. Friday. The man's name has not been released.

A body was found late Friday in a field near Bartley, about 15 miles east of McCook in south-central Nebraska. Investigators said Saturday that they believe it is Clapp. Authorities haven't released information about the cause of death.

The girl's mother, Nora Clapp, said she last saw her daughter, the youngest of three children, about 9:30 p.m. Thursday as she was getting ready for bed. Her 18-year-old sister saw her about an hour later, the mother said.

Nora Clapp said she alerted police just after 7 a.m. Friday when she realized her daughter was missing, but didn't think she was in danger. But by Friday afternoon, police said, officers had discovered information that her life could be in jeopardy. Police didn't elaborate. The 18-year-old male was arrested about the same time Friday.

Nora Clapp said her daughter was a freshman at McCook High School and wanted to be a photographer when she grew up.

"She was a very sweet, loving, ornery, loved girl," her mother said Saturday in an interview with The Associated Press. "She was very friendly. She would be, like, the first person to make you her friend when you were the new person in school."