State leaders and family are urging a full investigation into Norfolk sailor Angelina Resendiz’s death, questioning the Navy’s response and transparency.

Angelina Resendiz vanished from her barracks at Naval Station Norfolk the morning of Thursday, May 29. Nearly two weeks later, her body was recovered behind an elementary school in Norfolk.

The Resendiz family has issued a statement following the recovery of a body in Norfolk by NCIS about 12 days after 21-year-old sailor Angelina Resendiz was last seen at Naval Station Norfolk. The Norfolk medical examiner is working on identifying the body and cause of death.

The same PR agency that represented Ashanti Billie's family in 2017 is demanding justice alongside Esmeralda Castle, Angelina Resendiz's mother.

Navy investigators and local police said they have recovered a body nine miles from a Navy base in Virginia and are awaiting test results to determine whether it is a sailor who has been missing since May.

A body recovered in a wooded area near Richard Bowling Elementary School in Norfolk Monday night has been identified as missing sailor Angelina Resendiz.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has opened an investigation into the disappearance of for Mexia ISD student Angelina Resendiz

Angelina Resendiz was last seen nine days ago in her barracks at Naval Station Norfolk. Her mother is pleading for answers.