Emma Pangelinan was a 13-year-old softball player from Mission Viejo, California. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined] [undefined] [1]}

She was a player for Batbusters Shockey and attended weekly fielding sessions at the Workshop in Anaheim with Morgan Stuart. ^[undefined]

Her peers at school remember Emma as being a really nice classmate and was great to be around.

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Pangelinan was last seen at around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2018, in the area of Florence Joyner Park in Mission Viejo, California, near Alicia Parkway and Olympiad. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined] [1]}

Authorities classified her as a runaway. ^{[1] [undefined] [undefined]} On January 22, 2018, a passerby found her body around noon near Pinecrest Park in an area with heavy brush. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined] [1]}

It was not immediately known how she died, but the Sheriff’s Department indicated her death did not appear suspicious.

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The Orange County coroner’s office will conduct an autopsy as part of the investigation. ^{[undefined] [undefined] [undefined] [1]}