<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13468367" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="naomi-irion" source="Orion">Naomi Irion</keyword>'s remains were found in a rural area of <keyword id="11940825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nevada" source="Orion">Nevada</keyword> 17 days after she was kidnapped. </li><li><keyword id="13497949" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="troy-driver" source="Orion">Troy Driver</keyword>, 41, now faces a first-degree <keyword id="13542" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="murder" source="Orion">murder</keyword> charge in connection to the 18-year-old's death.</li></ul>Naomi Irion died of gunshot wounds to the head and chest before she was buried in a rural area of Churchill County, Nevada, law enforcement <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChurchillSO/posts/387537483405299">agencies said Tuesday</a>.The 18-year-old's death was officially ruled a homicide on Tuesday, as suspect Troy Driver, 41, had his charges upgraded to include charges of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping, as well as felony counts of robbery and burglary of a vehicle, and misdemeanor destroying of evidence, according to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by <a href="https://www.kolotv.com/2022/04/05/pretrial-hearing-naomi-irion-kidnappingmurder-suspect-postponed/">KOLO</a>.<div type="image" title="Troy Driver." height="2163" width="2000" msid="90692602" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-naomi-irions-family-react-to-suspect-troy-driver-arrest-2022-3">Driver</a> was originally arrested on suspicion of kidnapping on March 25, four days before Irion's <a href="https://www.insider.com/naomi-irion-remains-identified-found-remote-area-of-nevada-2022-3">remains</a> were found in Churchill County. The amended criminal complaint gives new insight into Driver's alleged actions.In the complaint, prosecutors allege that Driver abducted Irion and took her to Churchill County "for the purpose of committing sexual assault and/or for the purpose of killing her." He then "did kill Naomi Irion with a deadly weapon, namely a firearm," the complaint says. Prosecutors go on to say that Driver tried to cover up his alleged <keyword id="11893298" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="crime" source="Orion">crime</keyword> by burying Irion's body, throwing out his tires, and destroying or concealing Irion's cellphone, according to the complaint. Irion was last seen at a Walmart parking lot in Fernley, Nevada around 5:30 a.m. on March 12, where she normally caught a shuttle to her job at a Panasonic factory. Surveillance footage showed a hooded figure approaching her car, and then doing or saying something to make her move over in the car and let the suspect in. The car then drove off. Driver's initial pre-trial hearing has been pushed back to May 10, according to <a href="https://mynews4.com/news/local/pre-trial-hearing-pushed-back-for-man-accused-of-killing-naomi-irion-troy-driver-fernley-nevada-court-hearing-murder-kidnapping">News 4.</a>

Nevada teen Naomi Irion, whose remains were found buried in a rural area, died from gunshot wounds to the head and chest, officials say

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13468367" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="naomi-irion" source="Orion">Naomi Irion</keyword>'s remains were located in a remote area of Churchill County, <keyword id="11940825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nevada" source="Orion">Nevada</keyword>, on Tuesday, police say.</li><li>The 18-year-old was abducted from a Walmart parking lot on March 12. </li></ul>The search for missing teen Naomi Irion has ended in tragedy after police found her remains in a remote area of Churchill County, Nevada, on Tuesday. According to a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lyoncosheriff">joint press release</a> from the Churchill County Sheriff's Office and the Lyon County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, the two agencies responded to the location after receiving a tip, and discovered the body of an adult Caucasian female. The body was transported to the Washoe County Medical Examiners Office where it was confirmed to be Irion's remains on Wednesday. The Wednesday night press release did not include details on how Irion died. "No further information can be released at this time as this is still an open and active investigation," the press release stated. "We would like to extend our sympathy and condolences to the Irion family and thank all volunteers for their hard work in trying to find Naomi and bring closure to the family," the statement added. It was also on Wednesday that Irion's kidnapping suspect, 41-year-old <keyword id="13497949" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="troy-driver" source="Orion">Troy Driver</keyword>, made his first court appearance, where a judge ordered that his bail remain at $750,000. <div type="image" title="Troy Driver" height="900" width="1801" msid="90575905" hostid="261"></div>Driver is charged with first-degree kidnapping. <a href="https://mynews4.com/news/local/body-of-18-year-old-naomi-irion-found-in-remote-area-of-churchill-county">News 4</a> and Fox 11 obtained Driver's criminal complaint which alleged that the "defendant did abduct Naomi Irion and did hold or detain her for the purpose of committing sexual assault and/or for the purpose of killing her." Driver is being represented by attorney Mario Walther, who did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on the discovery of Naomi's remains on Thursday morning. Driver has a criminal history including a prior conviction connected to a 1997 <keyword id="13542" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="murder" source="Orion">murder</keyword>, according to reports from the Ukiah Daily Journal, which were viewed by <a href="https://mynews4.com/news/local/naomi-irion-kidnapping-suspect-troy-driver-served-prison-time-for-role-in-1997-murder">News 4</a>.<div type="image" title="Naomi irion" height="1502" width="2000" msid="90575906" hostid="261"></div>According to the report viewed by <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> 4, Driver was 17 years old when he was accused of helping dispose of the body of a meth dealer that his girlfriend was accused of fatally shooting.He pleaded guilty to accessory to murder after the fact and several other charges related to robberies of gas stations and a hardware store, the Ukiah Daily Journal reported at the time, according to News 4.Irion was <a href="https://www.insider.com/naomi-irion-disappearance-family-believe-stranger-responsible-2022-3">last seen alive</a> in a Walmart parking lot in Fernley, Nevada, around 5:30 a.m. on March 12, as she waiting in her car for a shuttle to her job at a Panasonic factory. Surveillance footage showed a man in a gray hoodie approaching her vehicle, and doing or saying something to make Irion move over and let him in, before he drove off with her inside the vehicle. In a <a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-naomi-irions-family-react-to-suspect-troy-driver-arrest-2022-3">previous interview with Insider</a>, Irion's older brother, Casey Valley, said that he had no indication that Irion and her kidnapper knew each other.

Missing teen Naomi Irion's remains discovered in remote area Nevada

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The family of <keyword id="11913704" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="missing" source="Orion">missing</keyword> <keyword id="11940825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nevada" source="Orion">Nevada</keyword> teen <keyword id="13468367" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="naomi-irion" source="Orion">Naomi Irion</keyword> remain optimistic that she's still alive. </li><li>A suspect was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Naomi on Friday. </li></ul>The family of missing Nevada teen Naomi Irion remain optimistic that she's still alive, after a suspect was arrested over the weekend in connection to her disappearance. "We're hopeful and we have faith that she's still out there and we're going to bring her home," Naomi's older brother, Casey Valley, told Insider on Tuesday. <div type="image" title="Troy Driver." height="2163" width="2000" msid="90526047" hostid="261"></div>On Friday, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=346760944165137&amp;set=pcb.346762044165027">Lyon County Sheriff's Office</a> announced that 41-year-old <keyword id="13497949" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="troy-driver" source="Orion">Troy Driver</keyword> had been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Naomi, but said they had yet to locate the young woman. Driver is expected to appear in court on Wednesday at noon local time. The 18-year-old was abducted from the parking lot of a Walmart in Fernley, Nevada, on March 12, while waiting for a shuttle to her job at a Panasonic factory. Surveillance video showed a man in a gray hoodie approaching the vehicle and saying or doing something to make Naomi move over and let him in, before he drove off.Sources told <a href="https://www.kolotv.com/2022/03/28/kidnapping-suspect-has-criminal-past/">KOLOTV</a> that one of Driver's neighbors turned him in after spotting his pickup truck, which police have been looking for in connection to Naomi's disappearance. Driver has a criminal history including a prior conviction connected to a 1997 murder, according to reports from the Ukiah Daily Journal, which were viewed by <a href="https://mynews4.com/news/local/naomi-irion-kidnapping-suspect-troy-driver-served-prison-time-for-role-in-1997-murder">My News 4</a>. According to My <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> 4, Driver was 17 years old when he helped dispose of the body of a meth dealer that his girlfriend shot and killed. He pleaded guilty to accessory to murder after the fact and several other charges related to robberies of gas stations and a hardware store, the Ukiah Daily Journal reported, according to My News 4. Valley said there's "no indication" that his sister had any connection to Driver. Because of Driver's criminal history, Valley doesn't believe he'll be cooperative with investigators. "We're not counting on this guy talking so we need people to come forward," Valley said. "This guy's a hardened criminal, he knows how to navigate the criminal side of the legal system. Unless there's a deal to be made ... there's no guarantee that he's going to lead us to Naomi." "The investigation is very much alive," Valley added. "Anybody who knows him needs to talk to law enforcement and anybody who has seen him in the last two weeks needs to get in contact. Anyone who might know what's he been up to needs to call Secret Witness Nevada."The <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/naomi-christine-irion/@@download.pdf">FBI</a> recently announced a $10,000 reward for information on the location of Irion, which is separate from another unspecified reward being offered by <a href="https://secretwitness.com/possible-kidnapping-naomi-irion-3-12-22/">Secret Witness Nevada</a>.Valley said there's "no indication" that his sister had any connection to Driver. A public information officer for the Lyon County Sheriff's Office did not answer Insider's call for an update on the case Tuesday morning.

The family of missing Nevada teen Naomi Irion remain optimistic she's still alive after suspect's arrest

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Diana Irion is the mother of <keyword id="11913704" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="missing" source="Orion">missing</keyword> <keyword id="11940825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nevada" source="Orion">Nevada</keyword> teen <keyword id="13468367" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="naomi-irion" source="Orion">Naomi Irion</keyword>. </li><li>Naomi was abducted from a Walmart parking lot on March 12. </li></ul>The mother of a missing Nevada teen told Insider about the gut-wrenching moment she learned about her daughter's abduction while thousands of miles away in South Africa. Naomi Irion was waiting in her car to take a shuttle to her job at a Panasonic factory around 5:30 a.m. on March 12, when a nondescript man approached her vehicle, got in, and drove off with her inside. Naomi's car was found abandoned less than a mile from the parking lot two days later, with evidence inside suggesting her disappearance was "criminal in nature," according to police. Naomi's disappearance came just a few months after she returned to the US to live with her older brother, after finishing high school in South Africa, where her parents worked for the State Department at the US diplomatic mission in Pretoria. <div type="image" title="Naomi irion" height="1502" width="2000" msid="90448868" hostid="261"></div>In an interview with Insider on Thursday, Naomi's mother, Diana Irion, said her husband woke her up at 3 or 4 in the morning to tell her that Naomi had been taken. "It was like being shot in my chest," Irion said. "My heart just exploded with pain and I felt like I was going to die. I still feel that way all the time." Irion said the embassy took "really good care" of the family as they made preparations to travel back to the US to aid in the search for Naomi. "They sent a doctor to travel with me because I was in shock. They medicated me so that I wouldn't have a panic attack or something on the plane," she said. Irion also made the grueling 36-hour journey with her three younger adopted sons. <div type="image" title="Naomi Irion suspect" height="1025" width="1366" msid="90448870" hostid="261"></div>Naomi's older brother, Casey Valley, said that Naomi's disappearance is all the more heartbreaking because she was the family's "miracle" baby. Valley said that his mom suffered a miscarriage before Naomi was born, and when Diana was in the final stages of pregnancy with Naomi, doctors told her that there was a good chance Naomi would die after birth as well, due to a depletion of amniotic fluids. Doctors "expected her to basically gasp for breath and pass away as soon as she was born and she didn't," Valley said. "That was an actual miracle that brought Naomi into our lives and we need another one," he added. Valley remains hopeful that he will see his sister again, saying "if anyone can make it through this kind of thing, it's Naomi." "We have hope." Naomi is described as being 5-foot-11, 240 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. She has both sides of her nose pierced and her septum pierced. She has a smiley face tattoo on one of her angles. She was last seen wearing a blue Panasonic shirt, a gray cardigan, sweats, and knock-off Ugg boots. Anyone with information on Naomi's disappearance is being asked to contact Lyon County Sheriff's Detective Erik Kusmerz at 775-577-5206, ext. 2, mentioning case number 22LYO068. Kusmerz can also be emailed at detective@lyon-county.org. Anonymous tips are to be directed to Secret Witness of Northern Nevada at 775-322-4900.

'Like being shot in the chest': Mom of missing Nevada teen Naomi Irion describes moment she learned of her daughter's disappearance

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13468367" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="naomi-irion" source="Orion">Naomi Irion</keyword>, 18, was abducted from a Walmart parking lot by a nondescript man on March 12. </li><li>Police found evidence in her abandoned car suggesting her disappearance is "criminal in nature."</li></ul>The family of a <keyword id="11913704" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="missing" source="Orion">missing</keyword> <keyword id="11940825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nevada" source="Orion">Nevada</keyword> teen have told police that she went out on a date the night before she disappeared, and had been sexually harassed at work, but believe the person who took her was likely a stranger. Naomi Irion disappeared from the parking lot of a Walmart in Fernley where she rode a shuttle every morning to her job at a Panasonic factory. While sitting in her parked car just before 5:30 a.m. on March 12, surveillance footage showed a man in a gray hoodie walking up to the car and doing or saying something to make Naomi slide over to the passenger seat and let the man in the car, her older brother, Casey Valley, told Insider on Thursday.The vehicle then drove off in an unknown direction, according to a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=340169914824240&amp;set=a.309077617933470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 15 Facebook post</a> from the Lyon County Sheriff's Office. <div type="image" title="Naomi Irion suspect truck" height="1135" width="2000" msid="90448073" hostid="261"></div>While surveillance footage of the hooded man walking in the parking lot before approaching Naomi's car has been released, police have not yet released to the public the video of the suspect confronting Naomi.Two days after Naomi went missing, her car was found abandoned less than a mile from the Walmart parking lot. Police said evidence inside the car suggests "Naomi's disappearance is criminal in nature," according to the March 15 Facebook post. A public information officer for the Lyon County Sheriff's Office did not answer Insider's call for comment on Friday. Naomi's brother told Insider about two noteworthy incidents leading up to her disappearance — that Naomi had been sexually harassed at her job and that she went on a date with a man the night before her disappearance. However, the family doesn't believe that either person is involved in Naomi's disappearance. Naomi's mother, Diana, told Insider that both people have been vetted by the police and the FBI.<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=315&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flyoncosheriff%2Fvideos%2F1310845599324879%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="315" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>Little is known about the suspect so far. In the surveillance footage, he is covered from head to toe, making it hard to even distinguish his race. The only details police have released about the suspect are that he was about 6 feet tall and is believed to have been driving a dark 2020 or newer Chevrolet, 2500, High Country four-door pickup truck. The family is holding out hope that Naomi will be found, and called upon anyone with any sort of information to come forward. "You can save a young girl's life by coming forward. Please I'm begging you," Diana Irion told Insider.Naomi is described as being 5-foot-11, 240 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. She has both sides of her nose pierced and her septum pierced. She has a smiley face tattoo on one of her angles. She was last seen wearing a blue Panasonic shirt, a gray cardigan, sweats, and knock-off Ugg boots. Anyone with information on Naomi's disappearance is being asked to contact Lyon County Sheriff's Detective Erik Kusmerz at 775-577-5206, ext. 2, mentioning case number 22LYO068. Kusmerz can also be emailed at detective@lyon-county.org. Anonymous tips are to be directed to Secret Witness of Northern Nevada at 775-322-4900.

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Nevada teen Naomi Irion, whose remains were found buried in a rural area, died from gunshot wounds to the head and chest, officials say

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Missing teen Naomi Irion's remains discovered in remote area Nevada

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The family of missing Nevada teen Naomi Irion remain optimistic she's still alive after suspect's arrest

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'Like being shot in the chest': Mom of missing Nevada teen Naomi Irion describes moment she learned of her daughter's disappearance

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An 18-year-old woman was abducted from a Walmart parking lot nearly 2 weeks ago and her family believe a stranger was responsible

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