Overview
- Rescue teams found the teen at the bottom of a steep embankment beneath the Highway 18 bridge and performed lifesaving measures before she was pronounced dead.
- Deputies and Big Bear Fire Department personnel descended the hillside and used heavy equipment, including a reported crane lift, to recover the body from the gulley.
- The San Bernardino County Coroner has identified the victim as 18-year-old Isabella A. Fanuele and officials say she had been with friends on the support structure when she fell.
- Authorities say preliminary findings show no indications of foul play but the investigation remains active and anyone with information is asked to call the Big Bear Sheriff's Station at 909-866-0100 or the We-Tip hotline at 844-909-3006.
- Friends and family have created a memorial and launched a GoFundMe to pay funeral costs and pursue the family’s plan to honor Fanuele’s dream of opening a bakery in her name.