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

Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Petra Resendiz, 21, was last seen May 29 at her barracks on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

The investigation into missing Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Resendiz out of Naval Station Norfolk is still ongoing. Resendiz was initially reported missing on

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.

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.

The dead body that was found in the Broad Creek neighborhood is confirmed to be Naval Seaman Angelina Resendiz, according to a statement released from the family.

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