A missing University of San Francisco student was found dead inside a crashed car, the Fresno County Sheriff Coroner's Office said Sunday.
According to the CHP, they received a report of a crash Saturday on Panoche Road, west of southbound Interstate 5 in Fresno County.
When authorities went to the scene, they found a Tesla that was overturned in a ditch and found a man inside. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim was later identified as 21-year-old Christopher Liang.
Liang was reported missing at the end of February, after he failed to return from a road trip from San Francisco to Irvine. Liang rented a Tesla for the trip.
The University of San Francisco confirmed to NBC Bay Area Sunday that Liang was a student there.
The case also drew a lot of attention on social media.
CHP officials believe the crash may have happened sometime between Feb. 28 and Mar. 5.
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