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Kaylee Russell's disappearance triggered an endangered missing alert and extensive water searches after her vehicle was found submerged, authorities and loved ones confirmed.
- On Dec. 4, 2025, a car was discovered in shallow water off Larimer County Road 1 east of Timnath and towed around 4:50 p.m.
- The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Russell was last seen around 6 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2025, at the Loveland/Johnstown Park-n-Ride, and her phone stopped sharing data that evening.
- Search teams conducted two water searches Dec. 4, 2025, with dive and drone teams finding no vehicle near the Johnstown Ready Mix Plant before a helicopter spotted an upside-down car in an irrigation ditch north of Timnath Reservoir.
- Colorado State Patrol said divers found a body in the car and identification will follow after removal; Anne Bauer said `We just don't have any answers`.
- Friends and neighbors organized support through a verified GoFundMe for Russell's mother, as search parties found her vehicle about 13 miles from her last seen location, covering about 15 miles north of the park-n-ride.
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An Evans woman who was last seen Sunday has been found, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, but it did not specify whether she was safe. Kaylee Russell, 20, has been missing since 6 p.m. Sunday, when she was last seen at the Loveland/Johnstown Park-N-Ride. Around 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan that Russell was driving when she disappeared was found off the east side of Colorado Boulevard near Weld County Roa…
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