Missing Student's Body Apparently Found

In this photo provided by the El Dorado Police Dept., Emily Sander of El Dorado, Kansas, seen in this undated photo, has been missing since last Friday when she was seen leaving a bar with now suspect Israel Mireles. The missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play apparently led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane. (AP Photo/El Dorado Police,ho) (AP)

EL DORADO, Kan. -- The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found.

Authorities said the preliminary physical description of the body found Thursday about 50 miles east of El Dorado matches that of Emily Sander, who was last seen leaving a bar here a week ago with a man who stayed in a motel room where police found large quantities of blood.

Investigators refused to give details about the state of the body or how it was found. Police Chief Tom Boren said the cause of death was not yet known. An autopsy was planned for Friday.

Sander's case drew wide attention after it was revealed that she appeared on a popular adult Web site under the name Zoey Zane. In some photographs, she appears merely scantily clad in lingerie or cowgirl outfits. Other pictures, some of which require viewers to pay for, are more explicit, showing her nude, fondling herself and posing with other women.

The 18-year-old Butler Community College student was last seen Nov. 23 with Israel Mireles, 24. Authorities are looking for him and his 16-year-old pregnant girlfriend.

The rental car the pair were driving was found abandoned Tuesday in Vernon, Texas, where Mireles has relatives.

"We got no information from them at all and very little cooperation," Boren said of Mireles' family.

The search for Sander gripped this small community, and the apparent discovery of her body left only memories to comfort her friends and family.

"She was probably the most independent girl I know," said Nikki Watson, a close friend. "She was so anxious to get out on her own and make something of herself. She was ready to take on life."

Former boyfriend Michael McAllister, 20, said Sander moved in with him when she was 17.

"It was the best time of my life, and I hope it was the same for her," McAllister said.

He helped her finish high school, and she encouraged him in college. They bought pink and white Denver Broncos jerseys for themselves and their dog, Zan, that they wore on game days. She loved to dance to hip-hop music.