missing: February 2012 Archives
ALHAMBRA -- Police asked the public's help Saturday in finding a missing Alhambra woman who they fear may be suicidal, authorities said.
Benita Lydia Nunez, 44, left her home in the 700 block of South Stoneman Avenue about 6:30 p.m. Friday and has not been seen since, Alhambra police Lt. Jennifer Wiese said.
She was believed to be depressed and potentially suicidal, and family members were worried about her, police said.
Nunez is about 5-feet 4-inches tall, 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, Wiese said. She was last seen driving a black, 1992 Nissan Sentra.
Anyone with information is asked to call Alhambra police at 626--570-5151.
PHOTO of Benita Nunez courtesy of the Alhambra Police Department.
COVINA -- Covina police are asking for the public's help in finding a 64-year-old woman with Alzheimer's who has been missing since Monday.
Leiza Margarita Ochy left her home in the 500 Block of S. Eremland Drive Monday afternoon after an argument with her daughter over the possibility of being placed into an adult care facility, Covina police said.<p>
Officials said the Covina woman also has bipolar disorder, a history of schizophrenia and other medical conditions. She didn't have medications or money with her when she left.
Ochy is Panamanian, speaks English with a Spanish accent, stand 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 200 pound. She was last seen wearing a lime green sweater, white pants and brown bowling-style shoes. She was carrying a blue-and-grey backpack and had a white purse with pink stripes.
Anyone with information is asked to call Covina Police at 626-384-5656 or Detective Anthony Zavala at 626-384-5622.
- Staff report
PHOTO of Leiza Ochy courtesy of the Covina Police Department
ROY, Utah -- Police who have been digging on a Utah property for three days say the excavation is related to the search for a San Gabriel man who went missing under "suspicious circumstances" after heading to Utah to seek work last year.
Layton Police Lt. Travis Lyman said detectives are looking into the case of Victor Flores of San Gabriel, Calif., though he declined to say what was found inside the hole at a duplex in Roy, Utah, Tuesday.
"We're still in the middle of processing that scene," the lieutenant said. "We're not releasing what, if anything, we've found yet."
The reason for the search, he added: "We're looking for any items of evidence."
Lyman said police would make a statement regarding their findings once the search was complete, which he expected would be Wednesday or Thursday.
One officer looking into the hole was reportedly seen holding his nose, and police have used a tarp to shield the view of onlookers from their work.
Flores, then-25, departed from his home in San Gabriel in early May to seek work in Utah, San Gabriel police Lt. Darren Perrine said.
Within days of his arrival in Utah, he went missing, officials said.
Flores' mother, who kept in frequent contact with him, grew worried when she lost touch with her son and reported him missing to Utah investigators, Perrine said.
While Layton investigators labelled the disappearance as occurring under, "suspicious circumstances," Lyman said, "We can't comment on what specifically those circumstances are. "It's still part of a real active investigation."
While the investigation is being by the Layton Police Department, Perrine said, San Gabriel police have assisted detectives in Utah through such measures as collecting a DNA samples from relatives for comparison.
It was unclear what his relationship is to the duplex where police are searching.
Lyman would say only that a "culmination" of evidence and interviews led police to believe, "there may be items of evidence at this address."
Police used ground-penetrating radar last week at the site, where excavation began Monday, officials said.
Shortly after Flores was reported missing, Utah police spoke with residents of a home in Layton who told them they knew Flores, and that he was fine, Lyman said.
When police returned to re-interview the residents several weeks later, they had moved, he said.
A family friend told the Standard-Examiner of Ogden that Flores had gone to Utah with an acquaintance with the promise of a construction job, but had later called family members to say he had changed his mind. She added she was suspicious of the acquaintance.
Neighbors of the home in Roy where the excavation was taking place told the Ogden newspaper that police in tactical gear raided the house in the fall and made an arrest.
PHOTO of Victor Flores: courtesy
ALTADENA -- The search continued Saturday for two missing persons -- one elderly and one mentally disabled -- who wandered away from their respective homes earlier this week.
Johnny Burton, 72, was last seen about 11 a.m. Thursday leaving his home in the 2800 block of Nido Drive, near Hahamongha Watershed Park, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said in a written statement.
He suffers from occasional forgetfulness and is easily confused, authorities added.
He's black, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 155 pounds. He's missing most of his teeth, and was last seen wearing a long-sleeve yellow shirt, blue jeans, a black jacket and black boots.
A second missing person case was reported Friday, officials said, after 27-year-old Arsen Bayramyan, who is mentally disabled, wandered away from his home on North Glenrose Avenue about 8:30 a.m., authorities said.
He requires medication, and his family is very concerned and asking the public's help, investigators said.
Bayramyan is described as white, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 205 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown sweater and black sweat pants.
Anyone with information on either case is asked to contact detectives Abraham or Harris at Sheriff's Homicide Bureau's Missing Persons Detail at 323-890-5500.
PHOTO of Arsen Bayramyan courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. PHOTO of Johhny Burton not available as of Saturday.
ALHAMBRA -- A woman with Down syndrome who went missing Tuesday is safely back at home with her family, police said Wednesday.
Worried family members reported about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday that Chi Kim Truong, 51, had wandered away from home in the 600 block of Meridian Avenue and disappeared, Alhambra police Lt. Elliot Kase said.
Shortly before 7 p.m., police issued an alert to the public with Truong's photo in an attempt to locate her.
A patrol officer spotted Truong about 7:45 p.m., standing at the corner of Atlantic Boulevard and Commonwealth Avenue, Kase said. The intersection is about a mile from her home.
"We don't know where she was, but we're happy to say she's unharmed," he said. Truong was reunited with her family.
Police will try to figure out where Truong went during the nine hours she was missing to give them an idea where to look should she ever go missing again, Kase added.
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| Frank Girardot, Metro Editor for the San Gabriel Valley Newspapers, brings you behind the yellow tape with takes on true crime, cold cases and more. This is also your forum to discuss crime, its impact on your neighborhood and how we cover it. Have any questions or tips? You can leave a comment here or e-mail Frank. |
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