The body of a missing 13-year-old girl who never made it to school on Monday was discovered Friday, just hours after law enforcement officials in Florida announced that they thought her mothers boyfriend had moved the body, the Orange County Sheriffs Office in Orlando announced.

In a statement shared with HuffPost on Friday, the sheriffs office said the body of Madeline Soto was located in a wooded area about 4:30 p.m. local time and that her family has been notified.

Speaking at a news conference earlier Friday, Sheriff John Mina had said authorities were confident Madeline was dead after they reviewed disturbing video evidence that appeared to show her mothers boyfriend, 37-year-old Stephan Sterns, throwing items into a dumpster behind their apartment building in Kissimmee.