Grayson County Sheriff’s Department Press Release:
On Monday, March 23, 2020, at approximately 2:27 pm, City of Sherman city workers observed what appeared to be a white female’s body underneath a bridge on Blue Flame Road, Sherman, Texas. The Sherman Police Department responded and contacted the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office due to knowing the Sheriff’s Office was working a missing white female named Emilia Gunnels, 21 years old, missing from Tee Taw Circle, Sherman on March 22, 2020.
Once on scene, the body was close in age and had similar features as Emilia Gunnels, so the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office took the lead of the investigation with the help of the Texas Rangers. The body was pronounced deceased by the Justice of the Peace and sent to the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office where it was positively identified as 21-year-old Emilia Gunnels. The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers are currently working the case as a homicide and are actively working leads and talking to witness. Further details will be released as they become available.