MESA, Ariz. – Mesa police confirmed that two teenage girls, 17-year-old Sitlalli Avelar and 15-year-old Kamryn Meyers, were found dead in a water basin near the Superstitions Springs Mall on Saturday evening.
Officers were called to the scene near Southern Avenue and Superstition Springs Boulevard at 6 p.m. upon finding one body and later discovered a second.
It was revealed that Avelar and Meyers were both reported as runaways from a group home in Mesa.
Police are working to determine the causes of death.
