Fort Bragg police said they recovered the cell phone belonging to Roy Mora, the 15-year-old transgender teen who has been missing since December 8, 2024.
According to the press release: "On 12/17/24, a phone was turned into the Cookie Company employees by a subject who stated he found it. Utilizing their surveillance to identify the subject, officers located and interviewed him. He stated he was walking north on the Noyo Bridge late on 12/7/2024 and located the phone lying in the middle of the sidewalk, near the middle of the bridge. He picked it up and later turned it on trying to determine if it worked. The subject stated he was behind the fire station when he did this. After attempting to unlock it with random codes, he turned it off again.
"He said he kept it until he saw a missing person flyer for Roy, which showed the phone he had found. The subject turned into the phone to a business in an effort to get the phone to the police. He has been exceptionally cooperative, consenting to a search of his vehicle, property and person
as well as allowing officers to take his phone so all location data from it could be examined.
"A search warrant for Roy’s phone was authorized and executed. FBI Sacramento offered to use their resources to extract the data from it, as there is a passcode locking it. Information on the phone may be locally saved notes or voice memos. The FBI is monitoring social media sources for any new accounts created using Roy’s information."
Mora was last seen on a surveillance camera walking south on the east side of the Noyo Bridge at 7:49 PM.
According to the release: "Two surveillance cameras on the south side of the Noyo Bridge were checked and neither show Roy leaving the bridge. No other surveillance camera has captured video of Roy after 7:49 PM. Also, the cameras did not capture anyone else on foot on the bridge or any vehicles stopping on
the bridge during that time."
FBI Sacramento offered their Air Support Unit to fly over the coastline to search for Roy.
According to the release: "The US Coast Guard provided a drift analysis and likely areas along the coastline to search.
"State Parks was contacted for assistance. They will be conducting twice-a-day searches by boat as well as utilizing their Drone Teams for close in aerial searches of the rugged coastline.
"Fort Bragg PD continues to follow up on leads and tips as they come in and encourage the community to keep looking out for Roy."