HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Fallen U.S. Navy Sailor Angelina Resendiz has returned home to Texas after her body was found during a multi-agency search in Norfolk.

Resendiz’s remains were transferred from Virginia to the Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, west of South Padre Island and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

She was returned home by military personnel and given military honors.

A search for Resendiz was launched after she was reported missing from Naval Station Norfolk in late May.

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The Naval Criminal Investigative Service discovered and identified Resendiz’s body June 10.

A sailor is currently in pre-trial confinement in connection with Resendiz’s death. An attorney for Resendiz’s mother, Esmeralda Castle, identified him as Jermiah Copeland.

Charges against the accused sailor are not yet known.

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