VERNON HILLS, Ill.

Crews have recovered a body from a pond in Vernon Hills, one day after finding the car of a missing Carpentersville girl from the water.

Divers in Vernon Hills pulled a body from the water of a pond near Lakeview and Executive parkways around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday amid the search for 17-year-old Brissa Romero.

A team of 14 sonar techs using three boats were searching the pond on Tuesday before the body was found. Breaking news: A body has been found in the pond that has been at the center of the search for missing 17-year-old Brissa Romero.

Police have said many hints have been found that all but confirm Brissa Romero was in her car when it went into the pond.

Analysis of cell phone data one week after Brissa went missing led search teams to the pond in Vernon Hills.

The first police supervisor on the scene spoke to a witness who had spotted a backpack floating on the edge of the pond.

Brissa’s family was there as the search concluded. Dulce said, from there, Brissa left to head to a holiday party at Bowlero in Vernon Hills at around 7 p.m., and during that ride, communication with Brissa went radio silent.

Police said the pond is just off a T-intersection of Lakeview Parkway and Executive Parkway, and it appears Brissa might have been unfamiliar with the area, an instead of turning right or left at the T, went through the intersection, down an embankment, and into the pond.

The family is offering a $14,000 reward for any information that leads to Romero’s safe return. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is urged to contact the Carpentersville police department at 847-551-3481. [“We have been able to get so many people’s eyes on this, and get so much help from a lot of people from a lot of countries, actually, to help spread the word of Brissa,” Dulce said. “In my heart I still believe that she’s out there, but for now we’ll just keep investigating, and we find her. “]