Human remains in Alabama believed to be missing 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard

Skeletal remains found in Alabama are believed to be those of Aniah Haley Blanchard, the teenage stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, who was last seen Oct. 23.

Aniah Haley Blanchard.Auburn Police Department

The remains were found at approximately 10:45 a.m. Monday in a wooded area in Mason County, near Shorter, Alabama, authorities said.

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Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes told NBC News “we have good reason to believe they are that” of Blanchard.

In the course of the investigation into Blanchard’s disappearance, authorities said theyobtained information regarding the possible location of a body.

Police arrested Antwain Fisher, 35, of Montgomery on first-degree kidnapping charges on Friday in the disappearance of Blanchard.

Ibraheem Yazeed, 29, was arrested earlier this month in western Florida on the same charge. Yazeed was caught on surveillance video in the same convenience store where Blanchard was last seen on Oct. 23. He was out on bond for prior kidnapping and attempted murder charges when he was taken into custody.

Blanchard, a student Southern Union College, was last seen in Auburn, Alabama. Her damaged car was recovered two days after her disappearance about 60 miles away in Montgomery, Alabama.

Authorities had initially said they did not suspect Blanchard was the victim of foul play, but changed their position after the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences examined evidence from her 2017 Honda CR-V.

source: nbcnews.com