Naomi Irion update: Nevada teen’s body found 2 weeks after being kidnapped from Walmart parking lot

The remains of Naomi Irion, an 18-year-old northern Nevada teen, were found on Tuesday, two weeks after she was kidnapped from a Walmart parking lot along the interstate east of Reno, officials said.

Upon receiving an anonymous tip, investigators found a gravesite in a remote part of northern Nevada on Tuesday. The body was sent for an autopsy, which revealed that the body belonged to the missing teen.

“The body of an adult Caucasian female was recovered from that grave site, the body was transported to the Washoe County Medical Examiners Office for an autopsy and to confirm identification. On March 30, 2022, the remains were confirmed as those of Naomi Irion, the family has been notified,” the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday evening. 

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Naomi was last seen on March 12 in her car in a Walmart parking lot in Fernley. Security video showed a masked man wearing a hooded sweatshirt get into her car.

Driver abducted her “on or about March 12” and “did hold or detain her for the purpose of committing sexual assault and/or purpose of killing her,” according to the two-page criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Lyon County’s Canal Township Justice Court.

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The FBI offered a $10,000 reward for information to locate Irion. Three days later, her vehicle was found near a paint manufacturing facility in an industrial park along Interstate 80 not far from the store.

“We would like to extend our sympathy and condolences to the Irion family and thank all the volunteers for their hard work in trying to find Naomi and bring closure to the family,” the sheriff’s offices said in a statement Wednesday night.

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Meanwhile, Troy Driver, 41, was taken into custody last week and charged with first-degree kidnapping in connection to her disappearance. On Wednesday, Lyon County Judge Lori Matheus set his bail at $750,000.