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'My beautiful angel': Kiely Rodni's boyfriend Jagger Westfall pays HEARTBREAKING tribute to late teen

Westfall shared footage of the two intimately embracing each other after her identity was confirmed following an autopsy of the body found in the lake

TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA: Kiely Rodni’s boyfriend has paid tribute to the 16-year-old after a body and car were pulled from the lake close to where she vanished two weeks ago. Jagger Westfall, 18, posted a heartbreaking video on his Instagram on Sunday night, August 21, showing the young couple joking around together. “You were my entire world and you always will be. I will never love someone the way I loved you,” he wrote. " I missed you even when I was holding you in my arms. I could never get enough of you. I Promised I would always be here for you and I still am. #LLK🕊"

Waterfall also posted another emotional video of himself with Rodni on Instagram. "You know Kiely I took this video without telling you, I knew that I needed to save that moment of holding you close at sunset. I’m going to live the way you would want me to live from here on out. I’m going to be a better person. I’m going to take care of your friends. I’m going to take care of your family. And I’m going to help anyone who needs it. I know that’s what you want me to do. I love you so much my beautiful angel, I’m not giving up on you. #llk🕊💔," he captioned in the video. 

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Westfall shared footage of the two intimately embracing each other after her identity was confirmed on Tuesday following an autopsy conducted by the Nevada County Sheriff-Coroner. He also shared a harrowing message scrawled on his arm that reads, "Stay alive for me." 

On Sunday, a dive crew announced that it had found a body and an overturned car in Prosser Creek Reservoir in Truckee, California, appearing to bring a tragic end to a huge two-week search for the missing teen.

Adventures With Purpose (AWP), a volunteer search organization that helps find missing people, said that the silver 2013 Honda CRV was upside down 14 feet underwater in the lake and that a body was inside. The organization said that the vehicle which matches the make and model of Kiely’s car, has the teen’s Californian license plate number 8YUR127 and that the remains are believed to be those of the missing 16-year-old.

Placer County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Sunday that it had been notified by AWP about the discovery of a car and body in the reservoir.

“The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, Placer County Sheriff’s Office, FBI and allied agencies are at the scene to investigate the findings. The identity of the decedent has not been confirmed. This is a developing situation, and we will provide updates when we can,” the agency said. 

The body of water had previously been searched extensively by law enforcement who had spent more than 20,000 hours trying to find the missing teen. The 16-year-old vanished without a trace in the early hours of 6 August after going to the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee for a party of 200 to 300 teenagers and young adults. She was last seen at around 12.30 am at the site, a hotspot for local teen gatherings and her cellphone last pinged at 12.33 am close to Prosser Creek Reservoir. Her car had also not been seen since. 

MEAWW previously reported that Westfall, who had remained close to Kiely and her family after they stopped dating, said that he texted her telling her to “be safe” and “don’t do anything stupid” on the night of the party.

Westfall also confided in Kiely about his day, receiving a final message from her at around 10.30 pm where she empathized with what he had gone through. “Then at 10.30, she responded to what I was saying, and just said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry that you’re going through that,” he said. “And that was the last time I heard from her.”