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TULSA — Even as lawmen from two counties continued their search for additional remains of 13-year-old Cori Baker and evidence surrounding her death, her family issued a statement of grief, sadness and relief.

Sgt. Mike Huff, head of the Tulsa Police Department's homicide unit, said Tuesday afternoon that searchers from the Creek County sheriff's office and Tulsa police have found additional remains, but were continuing to look for more evidence.

It hasn't been determined where the girl was killed following her disappearance after she left school Nov. 9, Huff said.

Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris said Tuesday he wants the jurisdiction for prosecution to stay in Tulsa County.

"I think we are better prepared” to prosecute Marquis Bullock, 19, who is already charged in Tulsa County with first-degree murder, Harris said.

Oklahoma law would allow either county to prosecute a case such as this one, but Harris said evidence presented at the preliminary hearing shows the crime was "already under way in Tulsa County.”

There was evidence at the hearing that Bullock picked her up at the school, Harris said.

The school is more than 12 miles northeast of Paintball Adventures Inc. in Sapulpa, where a portion of her remains were found Friday and identified Monday by the medical examiner's office in Tulsa.

In a written statement Tuesday, the Baker family said:

"After endless hours of prayer and searching, the Baker family is relieved that Cori has been found. Although we knew this day would be coming for a long time, it represents a finality that we are experiencing with great grief and sadness. We need time to be quiet and allow the healing process to begin.

"Information on Cori's funeral services will be announced sometime in the next few weeks, and another statement from the family will be released at that time.”

Bullock, then a boyfriend of Cori's older sister, is in the Tulsa County jail in lieu of $1 million bail. At a March 17 preliminary hearing, Bullock was ordered to stand trial in Tulsa County District Court.