Izabella Heffernan was 10 and a student at Waller Elementary School when she was reported missing from her home on Nona Wood Road in Fountain, Florida. She was last seen the night before her family reported her missing on the morning of February 21, 2016. A search was conducted and her body was found the following day in a large field behind the family home.

Investigators identified Izabella’s 15-year-old brother, Fredrick Matthew Lochridge, as the primary suspect and arrested him on an open count of murder. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported that he displayed behavior described as hardcore and much older than his age when confronted, but officials did not disclose a full motive or all circumstances of the killing at the time of the arrest.

Anyone who knew Izabella or has information about what happened the night she disappeared is asked to come forward.