Nicole Mittendorff, a firefighter from Virginia who went missing 2 weeks ago, took her own life and the fire department is investigating whether she was a victim of cyberbullying through a local web forum.
The administrator of the northern Virginia office of the state medical examiner, Nancy Bull, said Mittendorf, 31, committed suicide.
Her remains were found in the Shenandoah National Park after a dayslong search. The body was found in a remote location more than a mile from the Whiteoak Canyon parking area, officials said. Fire Captain Dave Hall said Mittendorff had called in sick to work on April 13 before disappearing, the same day her family last heard from her through text message.
Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said on April 21 evidence collected during the investigation included a note that was found in Mittendorff’s car, which was found in the Shenandoah National Park by a U.S. park ranger in the parking area of the Whiteoak Canyon Trail on April 17.
