The search for 18-year-old Naomi Irion is active, authorities said.
A suspect in the abduction of a Nevada teenager last seen in a Walmart parking lot is in custody, authorities said Friday.
The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said it had seized a pickup truck that was “probably involved” in the disappearance of 18-year-old Naomi Irion, who has launched a nationwide search.
Meanwhile, the search for the missing teenager is active, authorities said.
A brief update comes about two weeks after Irion disappeared.
According to the sheriff’s office, he was last seen inside his car in a Walmart parking lot in Fernley, Nevada, outside Reno. In the surveillance video, a man climbs into the driver’s seat of his car and walks towards the unknown with Irion in the passenger seat.
The sheriff’s office initially identified his disappearance as “suspicious in nature.” After locating his car on March 15 in an industrial park about a mile from Walmart, the sheriff’s office said investigators found evidence that his disappearance was of a “criminal nature.”
Investigators had previously identified a Chevrolet pickup truck that they believed had a “direct connection” to the driver’s current location, the sheriff’s office said, which released a picture of the vehicle to help the public identify it.
The sheriff’s office released multiple photos and a video that authorities say entered Irion’s car. He has a unique speed that investigators hope will help identify him.
Detectives have not released a public surveillance video showing the exact moment the suspect got into Irene’s car, citing the nature of the ongoing investigation. According to her brother, Casey Valley, who said she saw the video, Irion was sitting in the driver’s seat, but the suspect “said or did something to move Naomi.”
Irion was waiting for a shuttle bus around 5 a.m. on March 12 to take him to his job at Panasonic Energy in North America in the Reno area. Valley, who lives with Irwin, reported him missing the next day when he did not return home from work.
Irian’s family has made multiple public appeals for his safe return.
“We all need help across the country because the incident happened very close [Interstate] 80, “her mother, Diana Irene, said during a press event earlier this week.” “He can be anywhere in the country, anywhere.”
“Please save my daughter and bring her home,” he said.