OLD TOWN, Fla. – Demiah Appling, 14, was last seen Oct. 16 around 9:30 p.m. in the neighborhood of Suwannee Gardens in Old Town where the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office said she got into a vehicle.
Since then, her grandmother and police have been desperate to find her. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement put out a missing persons alert with pictures of Appling and a description.
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On Friday, the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office confirmed human remains found last week in Bell, Florida, which is in Gilchrist County, were those of Appling.
The news release reads: On Dec. 5, human remains were found in Bell, and the Tallahassee FDLE Crime Lab was able to confirm the identity as Demiah. The Eighth District Medical Examiner has ruled the death as a homicide.
Dixie County Sheriff’s Office is leading the homicide investigation, which remains active.
BREAKING: The medical examiner has ruled the death of Demiah Appling, 14, a homicide https://t.co/yiRSObaDJ9
— WCJB TV20 News (@WCJB20) December 16, 2022