Police found remains Sunday that are believed to be those of a missing Northern Virginia teenager who they say was assaulted and went missing overnight after leaving a mosque in the Sterling area, and a 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the case. But a statement sent to CNN from the Virginia Lt. Governor’s office said that “detectives and relatives believe the body found is Nabra Hassanen.”

While the episode has shaken the local Muslim community, Fairfax police say they are not investigating the girl’s killing as a hate crime. “This tragic case appears to be the result of a road rage incident involving the suspect, who was driving and who is now charged with murder, and a group of teenagers who was walking and riding bikes in and along a roadway,” a Fairfax County police statement said. Around 3pm on Sunday, police said they found the remains which they believe to be the missing girl in a pond around Ridgetop Circle in Sterling, an area of neighbouring Loudoun county. Police in the Virginia county said that they began an "extensive search" after the girl's friends were unable to find her, leading one officer to stop a car "driving suspiciously in the area". “I tell the detective the same thing.”

Hassanen, 60, said he had heard from a detective about a related incident in which the suspect was angered by a boy on a bike, yet he chose to attack Nabra instead. https://t.co/f6TegmdKMRpic.twitter.com/mlGzrQfiMk — Fairfax Co. Police (@fairfaxpolice) June 19, 2017

The chief medical examiner will confirm the identity of the victim and determine the exact cause and manner of her death. Local reports said that the girl was a Muslim teen named Nabra who was walking to a mosque though in a news conference said "there doesn't seem to be indication this was a bias incident." Friends were walking to mosque for Ramadan

Police began searching for the girl around 4 a.m. Sunday after they received reports from a group of teenagers saying their friend was missing, Wright said.
The body of a teenager from Reston, Virginia is found in a pond in Sterling, Virginia. A suspect is arrested and charged with murder.