at about 11:30 this morning, divers found the body of michaela lynch the 9-year-old severely autistic girl who went missing on sunday afternoon. her body was found in the cache creek, we understand, very close to her home. the police aren't providing any specific details. you know, this comes after a four-day search for this little girl involving several police and law enforcement agencies, dive teams, dogs, you name it. there was even a small unmanned submarine brought up from san francisco to go in the shallow areas of clear lake. she was found in the cache creek which is a tributary that leads into the lake, and this whole area has been scoured for days now.

this about 9-year-old michaela lynch. she went missing from her home on sunday. she is severely autistic. searchers have been looking for her. unfortunately, they just informed us a short time ago that they found her body in cache creek. divers were able to find her body. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ machines beeping ] >> steffy: [ groans ] >> liam: hey, hey. it's okay. you're okay. >> steffy: liam? >> liam: yeah. >> steffy: mom? >> taylor: hi, sweetheart. >> steffy: [ groans ] >> taylor: [ voice breaking ] i'm so glad you're awake. >> dr. meade: steffy... >> steffy: [ groans ] >> dr. meade: ...it's dr. meade. you're in the hospital. >> steffy: oh, what? why? [ groaning ] >> hope: [ sighs ] >> thomas: look, i know i-it couldn't have been easy for you seeing my sister on a high like that. >> hope: she's never been happier, and that's -- that's

. >>> now to the search of michaela lynch. there's still no sign of that autistic girl who wednesday missing on mother's day. amber lee is live telling us what michaela's family is asking the public to do. >> reporter: the class kids foundation put out this new flier today with three photos of michaela lynch to help find the little girl. by water and by land the search for michaela remains strong. >> you can't even speak for how greatful you are for the report. >> reporter: the little girl's god father tells us that she has a loving smile. the family came up here for the weekend. michaela disappeared at 1:30 in the afternoon. she is autistic and cannot speak. >> search your house again. search your backyard. check in tight little places and comfortable spaces. >> reporter: police chief says he has been receiving help from law enforcement resources from around the state. he says from sun down tonight to sun up tomorrow there will be a handful of searchers who will continue to look for the little girl. >> concern, but still hopef

. >>> now to the search of michaela lynch. there's still no sign of that autistic girl who wednesday missing on mother's day. amber lee is live telling us what michaela's family is asking the public to do. >> reporter: the class kids foundation put out this new flier today with three photos of michaela lynch to help find the little girl. by water and by land the search for michaela remains strong. >> you can't even speak for how greatful you are for the report. >> reporter: the little girl's god father tells us that she has a loving smile. the family came up here for the weekend. michaela disappeared at 1:30 in the afternoon. she is autistic and cannot speak. >> search your house again. search your backyard. check in tight little places and comfortable spaces. >> reporter: police chief says he has been receiving help from law enforcement resources from around the state. he says from sun down tonight to sun up tomorrow there will be a handful of searchers who will continue to look for the little girl. >> concern, but still hopef

michaela lynch is autistic and unable to speak. she is four foot tall and blue eyes and brown hair. she is attracted to water but cannot swim. officers and volunteers have been searching cash creek which runs right past their home. >>> a cleanup that has been in the works for months is finally happening in san jose. >> crews are painting over graffiti that has been a big eyesore on highway 101 for years. melissa heir ring ton on how officials plan to keep it clean now for years to come. >> reporter: graffiti plastered near train tracks and highways and on every bridge and overpass in san jose. distracting drivers and angering people who live here. >> i think it's really tacky. >> we've got a lot of very upset community members that are tired of seeing graffiti. >> reporter: city council member sam says you won't sights like this much longer. the city along with cal tran are painting over some of the unsightly graffiti that can be seen driving into town opinion on the list the mess on the 13th street rail bridge. the key road over 101 and 280 near bird avenue with the huge letters sp

they say the video shows michaela lynch running north on harbor drive minutes after her parents reported her missing sunday. she has autism, is unable to speak and cannot respond wh called. >> we have somebody who won't respond to normal voice stimuli. she may not be able to even walk across the street if she was in trouble or needed assistance and there was help across the street. >> investigators say the girl has a habit of removing her clothes in hot weather. her clothes were found left behind at the family's vacation home where she was last seen >>> state lawmakers are trying to figure out what happened with the bay bridge project. one question at the state capital hearing is why did engineers use broken bolts after being tightened in march? the fix will cost up to $10 million. hundreds of other bolts still need to be tested, too. >> it's going to give us, i think, our best sense of how these bolts will perform under tension over the long term. we don't need them to last a week or a month. we need them to last decades. >> the committee that heard about the bridge problems won't take

the search for a missing sab san francisco girl has gone nationwide, 9-year-old michaela lynch has autism. she is unable to speak. in the front yard of her parent's vacation home in the town of clear lake. in lake county. search crews have been doing a door to door search for mckayla and some drove frup her school to help. because of her age ask autism, she's considered at risk. >> the obvious one where she's not going to respond to her name being called makes it more of a challenge. it's a body of a 9-year-old juvenile. you're searching for someone much younger than that. >> authorities are paying special attention to the lake near the family home. >> a chilling end to the manhunt 8-year-old girl's killer. the 12-year-old brother of laila fowler is in custody arks accused of stabbing her to death. it's something the family is struggling to come to terms with, specialsly those who know the brother. >> there are conflicting accounts from those who know laila fowler's older brother a 7th played graider some say is often in trouble. >> i thought he'd never do that. it's kind of scary he was

the search for a missing sab san francisco girl has gone nationwide, 9-year-old michaela lynch has autism. she is unable to speak. in the front yard of her parent's vacation home in the town of clear lake. in lake county. search crews have been doing a door to door search for mckayla and some drove frup her school to help. because of her age ask autism, she's considered at risk. >> the obvious one where she's not going to respond to her name being called makes it more of a challenge. it's a body of a 9-year-old juvenile. you're searching for someone much younger than that. >> authorities are paying special attention to the lake near the family home. >> a chilling end to the manhunt for an 8-year-old girl's killer. the 12-year-old brother of laila fowler is in custody arks accused of stabbing her to death. it's something the family is struggling to come to terms with, specialsly those who know the brother. >> there are conflicting accounts from those who know laila fowler's older brother a 7th played graider some say is often in trouble. >> i thought he'd never do that. it's kind of scary

michaela lynch was last seen playing in her yard in clear lake. police say she was playing on a trampoline with her younger brother who went inside the house leaving her alone. some of michaela's clothing was found in the yard. the family says she likes to remove her clothing when she gets hot. >>> tonight here at 6:00, a key state leader is stepping down after our investigation which spurred two state probes and thousands of letters to the governor calling for her ousting. >> i'm scott budman with the story that will change your life, or at least your health. coming up, how technology is helping you and me change the face of health care. >>> plus a new way to shop online and you won't even need to open your wallet. >>> i'm jeff ranieri in the bay area weather center, plenty of sunshine, but notice this, cooling at the coastline. we'll take you outside to our live hd camera network, and we'll track that for your compute coming up. >>> it is $2.6 trillion industry almost every one of us has struggled with. we're talking about health care. now there'

michaela lynch is autistic and disappeared from her family's vacation home on clearlake sunday.s home surveillance camera captured video of her running up the street away from the water where the search has been centered. her clothes were found behind her home but her family says she is known to take them off in hot weather. >>> a man trying to promote a berkeley project by dribbling a soccer ball for 10,000 miles has died. someone hit richard swanson yesterday while he walked south on highway 101 in lincoln city, oregon. he died later at the hospital. according to his website, his trek from seattle to brazil was meant to promote the one world football project in berkeley. the group donated soccer balls to people in developing countries. >>> and some tough questions but not a lot of answers in a state capital hearing about the new bay bridge span. lawmakers called caltrans on the carpet to ask why bolts are breaking on the bridge and he was being done to ensure -- and what's being done to ensure more won't fail. the cost to fix it is up to $10 million and hundreds more bolts sti