Teen girl found dead in lake

COEUR d'ALENE - A missing 17-year-old Post Falls girl was found dead in Lake Coeur d'Alene near Higgens Point on Monday night.

There were no signs of foul play and the incident appears to be a suicide, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department.

The KCSD was requested to assist Post Falls Police at 9:45 p.m. to locate the missing girl, who was possibly suicidal.

Cell phone tracking was used and gave the recreational area just east of Coeur d'Alene as the possible location. After a search of the area, indications were that the victim was in the water.

"Some of her personal effects (including cell phone) were on the shoreline," said KCSD Lt. Stu Miller.