PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Fayette County district attorney provided an update on the case of a missing teenager whose remains were identified this week.
Kaitlin Whoolery, 17, was reported missing in November 2023, and her remains were found at an abandoned property in North Union Township on April 16.
On Friday, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said the next step involves bringing in a forensic anthropologist from Erie, Pennsylvania. But he said finding out exactly what happened to her won’t be easy.
According to the family, the teenager was in a detention center after a court order by Children and Youth Services, but she was allowed to go home for Thanksgiving. Shortly after her visit, she disappeared.
“It’s been a series of problems to solve,” Aubele said. “The first problem was to find her, and we’ve solved that. The second was to identify her, and we’re there. So, the third is to try to get justice for how she got there.”