PHOTOS: First a jog, then a disappearance

An estimated 4,000 people gathered at St. Michael’s Church in Poway on Tuesday for a vigil for Chelsea King.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Brent King and his wife, Kelly, and their son thank a gathering of about 4,000 people at St. Michael’s Church for their help and prayers.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

News of the discovery quickly spread in the upscale San Diego suburb, where thousands of volunteers -- students, senior citizens, friends and family -- had joined hundreds of law enforcement officials hiking for miles in rough terrain to help find the missing girl.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Chelsea King was last seen Thursday, when she went for a jog at Rancho Bernardo Community Park. A suspect is due to be arraigned Wednesday.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Search center coordinators sob moments after receiving word that the body of their Poway High School classmate Chelsea King had probably been found in a shallow grave at the south end of Lake Hodges in northern San Diego County on Tuesday afternoon.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Investigators converge at the end of a marked trail where the body of 17-year-old Poway High School senior Chelsea King was believed to have been found in a shallow grave. The discovery ends days of searching that involved hundreds of officials and citizen volunteers.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Searchers in the air and on the ground comb rugged terrain next to Lake Hodges in northern San Diego County to search for Chelsea King, 17. She was last seen Thursday, when she went for a jog around the lake. John Albert Gardner III will be charged in connection with Chelsea’s disappearance at an arraignment hearing scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, the San Diego County district attorney’s office said.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy and his dog check shallow water in Lake Hodges from a boat. Chelsea King’s body was believed to have been found Tuesday in a shallow grave near the lake, authorities said.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

An unidentified couple make their way across Escondido Creek during a search near Lake Hodges. “There is a strong likelihood we have found Chelsea,” said Sheriff Bill Gore at a Tuesday afternoon news conference, confirming the worst fears of the Poway High School senior’s family and friends.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Teams of volunteers search around Lake Hodges in northern San Diego County after the disappearance of popular Poway High School senior Chelsea King, 17, who hasn’t been seen since going for a jog in the area on Thursday. County investigators later arrested John Albert Gardner III, 30, a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty to molestation 10 years ago.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Volunteers examine a backpack discovered near Lake Hodges. Friends and relatives described Chelsea as an outgoing overachiever with a passion for literature who had been accepted to several colleges.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

An unidentified volunteer helping in the search for Chelsea King goes knee-deep in a creek near Lake Hodges.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Volunteers listen to search instructions in a wooded are near Lake Hodges. Chelsea’s parents, who live in a gated community, didn’t like her to jog alone. It was one of the few rules they had to set for their daughter.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A San Diego County sheriff’s search helicopter makes a low turn over the northern edge of Lake Hodges. Authorities were focused on the 14 miles of shoreline of the shallow lake, where FBI dive teams on rafts scoured the murky water.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Volunteers form search teams in a business center parking lot. At Poway High School, students wore blue shirts evoking Chelsea’s blue eyes.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)