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javahog · #1 03-30-2009, 09:01 PM

Missing, but no amber alert since they don't have information on the abduction, car, etc.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12031742
(with photo) http://www.ktvu.com/news/19037015/detail.html

One2Snoop · #2 03-30-2009, 09:09 PM

One2Snoop · #3 03-30-2009, 09:10 PM

Award offered for clues to finding Tracy girl

Monday, March 30, 2009
(03-30) 13:33 PDT Tracy, Calif. (AP) --

A Modesto-based nonprofit is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who provides information that help police find a missing 8-year-old girl from Tracy.

Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman says he believes Sandra Cantu is alive and well, but her whereabouts are unknown. Some 450 agents, investigators and volunteers are searching. Sandra's been missing since about 8 p.m. Friday.

Police say Sandra was seen on surveillance video returning to the mobile home park where her family lives before 4 p.m. Friday, and then walking away a little later.

Authorities searched homes and cars at the mobile park Sunday. They say there is no evidence Sandra was abducted or the victim of foul play and are investigating the incident as a missing persons case.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...n133338D91.DTL

old_soul · #4 03-30-2009, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by One2Snoop

Award offered for clues to finding Tracy girl

Monday, March 30, 2009
(03-30) 13:33 PDT Tracy, Calif. (AP) --

A Modesto-based nonprofit is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who provides information that help police find a missing 8-year-old girl from Tracy.

Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman says he believes Sandra Cantu is alive and well, but her whereabouts are unknown. Some 450 agents, investigators and volunteers are searching. Sandra's been missing since about 8 p.m. Friday.

Police say Sandra was seen on surveillance video returning to the mobile home park where her family lives before 4 p.m. Friday, and then walking away a little later.

Authorities searched homes and cars at the mobile park Sunday. They say there is no evidence Sandra was abducted or the victim of foul play and are investigating the incident as a missing persons case.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...n133338D91.DTL

Not to take away hope from the family, but........

Of course she's been abducted. From the sound of it, she's a normal 8 year old kid ~ and normal 8 year olds don't disappear (it's now been 3 days) out of nowhere. Especially with 78 SO's in the 5 mile radius surrounding their home.

I hope and pray that little Sandra is found happy and healthy ~ I just don't understand why LE would say something as ignorant as there is no evidence of abduction.....Sandra is 8 ~ not 18.

She went to the first friends house. She left there and went to a second friends house. From there no one knows what happened. It's been 72 hours.
Not Good.

Prayer for Sandra coming home................

javahog · #5 03-30-2009, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old_soul

Not to take away hope from the family, but........

Of course she's been abducted. From the sound of it, she's a normal 8 year old kid ~ and normal 8 year olds don't disappear (it's now been 3 days) out of nowhere. Especially with 78 SO's in the 5 mile radius surrounding their home.

I hope and pray that little Sandra is found happy and healthy ~ I just don't understand why LE would say something as ignorant as there is no evidence of abduction.....Sandra is 8 ~ not 18.

She went to the first friends house. She left there and went to a second friends house. From there no one knows what happened. It's been 72 hours.
Not Good.

Prayer for Sandra coming home................

Isn't it frustrating?! Tracy is kind of the boonies, but still! Look at that beautiful little girl. Obviously some creep played See, Want, Have. She didn't take off on her own. I so wish Amber alert could be enacted without an abductor or car description. If they could break in to broadcasts with just a picture of the child, maybe that would help! For all I know, she could have been in front of my house yesterday, but without an amber alert, how would I have noticed?!

Thank you Snoop for getting her picture and details posted. Poor baby.

javahog · #6 03-30-2009, 11:33 PM

I think Sheneman was trying to say, kind of inarticulately, that they have to assume she is alive unless they know otherwise...http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12031742

*snip*
"We have no evidence to indicate she's been harmed and is not alive,'' Sheneman said. "So it is our belief that she's alive and unharmed.''
Cadaver dogs picked up a scent Sunday morning along a river north of Tracy, Sheneman said. Divers searched the water while others searched along the water line. He said there was no sign anyone had been there and nothing was found.
*snip*

One2Snoop · #7 03-30-2009, 11:53 PM

From Java's link...

The Carole Sund/Carrington Foundation has joined the effort to locate a missing Tracy girl that Tracy Police believe is still alive.

The foundation is offering $5,000, bringing the total reward amount to $7,000, for information leading to the return of Sandra Cantu, 8, who has been missing from the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park since Friday night.

old_soul · #8 03-30-2009, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by javahog

I think Sheneman was trying to say, kind of inarticulately, that they have to assume she is alive unless they know otherwise...http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12031742

*snip*
"We have no evidence to indicate she's been harmed and is not alive,'' Sheneman said. "So it is our belief that she's alive and unharmed.''
Cadaver dogs picked up a scent Sunday morning along a river north of Tracy, Sheneman said. Divers searched the water while others searched along the water line. He said there was no sign anyone had been there and nothing was found.
*snip*

I know what you mean java.....It's just that my immediate thought was Jessica Lunsford...my God, with 78 Pig SO's in just a five mile span, let's not talk about her having problems without water for 3 days (NG tonight). Seems just the circumstances alone would warrant more distress than a comment like that... Of course he has no fricken evidence to indicate that she is not harmed or not alive... She is missing! They can't find her!

Geez, I think the media circus surrounding Caylee and then Haleigh is making LE be very noncommital when it comes to letting the public and media know what is really going on.

The mom and spokeswoman for the family couldn't even answer what they know of her last steps since she left her first friend house to go to the second....

Do you think maybe they (family) were told to not let out too much (ie a tip off to someone they (LE) might have in their sights?) IDK ~ You'd think they would all be shouting out everything they know, but I have a funny feeling they aren't............

javahog · #9 03-31-2009, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old_soul

I know what you mean java.....It's just that my immediate thought was Jessica Lunsford...my God, with 78 Pig SO's in just a five mile span, let's not talk about her having problems without water for 3 days (NG tonight). Seems just the circumstances alone would warrant more distress than a comment like that... Of course he has no fricken evidence to indicate that she is not harmed or not alive... She is missing! They can't find her!

Geez, I think the media circus surrounding Caylee and then Haleigh is making LE be very noncommital when it comes to letting the public and media know what is really going on.

The mom and spokeswoman for the family couldn't even answer what they know of her last steps since she left her first friend house to go to the second....

Do you think maybe they (family) were told to not let out too much (ie a tip off to someone they (LE) might have in their sights?) IDK ~ You'd think they would all be shouting out everything they know, but I have a funny feeling they aren't............

Yeah...water...I was like,

I noticed the oddness of the interview with the mom. I did consider that Mark Klaas had just been on saying, roughly, that children who were abducted and missing this long are dead. Then they cut right to the mother. I know she heard what he said, and I thought it might have thrown her. But it did seem odd that they were kind of "off" about where she was last seen, huh?

Maybe there's some hope of the father having snatched her? There might be some hope then...

javahog · #10 03-31-2009, 01:48 AM

Odder and odder...they are concentrating on the mobile home park. And get this: (http://www.ktvu.com/news/19051010/detail.html)

"Investigators have interviewed registered sex offenders in the area and plan to re-interview a man living in the park who kissed Sandra on the mouth at the community pool two years ago"

Ewwww! She was 6 then. And why is he still living there? Why are they? If this sob were living in the vicinity and I couldn't get rid of him, I would move asap!

old_soul · #11 03-31-2009, 10:07 AM

Thank you for the links!

They are on to something. Or shall I say Someone. I'm wondering why the survelance video? Not saying it's not a good idea..but is there a reason these folks have one? I'm also shaking my head here....

I live in a semi rural area, but I made it my business, when my children were younger and wanted to play with the kids next door, that I would stand right there till she was let into the house. My friend and (neighbor) also was expecting her.

Honestly, WTH is wrong with people nowdays? We know this is a crazy world, we know what is going on all over! Kids aren't safe anymore! Watch your children ~ just Bother to do those things that have to be done! Sandra just turned 8..she's a baby, really, and shouldn't have been walking around the trailer park by herself. Put on your damn slippers and walk your child over....if you can't, then she can't go. It's that simple. MHO.

It happens to much older and bigger kids too (Carlie Brucia), and the fact that she was so friendly with anyone and everyone

. I guess my going on about this is also due to the fact that I recently watched Mystic River again .....

but this is just heartbreaking.

I also know whoever reads my rant knows just what I mean....

Sandra.....

We're praying for you to come home.

One2Snoop · #12 03-31-2009, 12:43 PM

Two men questioned about missing Tracy girl

Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

(03-30) 23:03 PDT Tracy -- Police searched six locations in and around the mobile home park where an 8-year-old Tracy girl vanished, investigators revealed late Monday.

The search warrants were served on property and vehicles associated with two men, who were interviewed by police in connection with the disappearance of Sandra Cantu, who failed to return to her home at the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park on West Clover Road on Friday, said Tracy police Sgt. Tony Sheneman.

"They are persons of interest," Sheneman said. "Information was gathered from leads generated from the community and information gathered in interviews with the two people. We were searching for information that would lead to the whereabouts of Sandra."

Four of the search warrants were served inside the mobile home park, and the others were served in Tracy and Oakdale (Stanislaus County), Sheneman said. All items collected during the searches were taken to an FBI laboratory in Sacramento for analysis, he said.

Sheneman did not disclose what relationship, if any, the two men had with the Cantu family or why they attracted attention, but he said investigators also were focusing on associated vehicles.

"The two men are not related to each other, and they do not live together," he said.

The men were not arrested and were not named as suspects.

Sandra apparently left home Friday to color and play at a friend's house, according to the family. She came home briefly Friday afternoon before leaving to see another friend. The second friend apparently was not home, but investigators said it is not clear if Sandra ever made it there.

The family summoned Tracy police, and by Sunday it was joined by law enforcement from surrounding communities and the FBI. Hundreds of search-and-rescue personnel combed the rural area, along with crowds of volunteers over the weekend.

The reward for information grew to $7,000 Monday, and more than 150 tips streamed in to police from the public, authorities said. Meanwhile, police attempted to allay fears.

"We have no evidence to indicate that she's been harmed, that she's not alive," Sheneman said.

Sandra is Latina, 4 feet tall and weighs 45 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink Hello Kitty T-shirt and black leggings.

Anybody with information should call the Tracy Police Department at (209) 831-6847 or for urgent tips at (209) 831-4550. Tips can also be phoned in to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at (800) 843-5678.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BA7K16PM1Q.DTL

One2Snoop · #13 03-31-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old_soul

Thank you for the links!

They are on to something. Or shall I say Someone. I'm wondering why the survelance video? Not saying it's not a good idea..but is there a reason these folks have one? I'm also shaking my head here....

I live in a semi rural area, but I made it my business, when my children were younger and wanted to play with the kids next door, that I would stand right there till she was let into the house. My friend and (neighbor) also was expecting her.

Honestly, WTH is wrong with people nowdays? We know this is a crazy world, we know what is going on all over! Kids aren't safe anymore! Watch your children ~ just Bother to do those things that have to be done! Sandra just turned 8..she's a baby, really, and shouldn't have been walking around the trailer park by herself. Put on your damn slippers and walk your child over....if you can't, then she can't go. It's that simple. MHO.

It happens to much older and bigger kids too (Carlie Brucia), and the fact that she was so friendly with anyone and everyone

. I guess my going on about this is also due to the fact that I recently watched Mystic River again .....

but this is just heartbreaking.

I also know whoever reads my rant knows just what I mean....

Sandra.....

We're praying for you to come home.

Exactly OS! I know just what you mean. Remember the little girl, LeAnna "Beaner" Warner who disappeared walking alone to her friends house that lived just around the corner? She was 5 years old for gawd sakes.
BTW, She's never been found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XumwX...eature=related

One2Snoop · #14 03-31-2009, 05:06 PM

TRACY: Search For Missing Girl Growing More Desperate By The Hour [Christien Kafton]

http://www.ktvu.com/video_legacy/19056621/index.html

One2Snoop · #15 03-31-2009, 05:21 PM

East Bay Newsrss
Evidence seized in case of missing girl
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | 12:31 PM

By Terry McSweeney

TRACY, CA (KGO) -- Tracy police are investigating two persons of interest in the case of a missing 8-year-old girl. It has been almost four days since Sandra Cantu was last seen at the mobile home park where she lives.

One of the two people of interest is a man named Chris Sinclair. FBI agents arrested him at his house Monday night on an unrelated matter. He says when it comes to the disappearance of Sandra Cantu, he is an innocent man.

Sinclair sat on his steps Tuesday, still dazed from his ordeal when FBI agents showed up at his house armed with search warrants and arrested him. He says he does not understand why.

"I actually had a couple of drinks. I was upset about all this stuff going on. I really don't know," he said.

"This person was interfering with the execution of the search warrant and was arrested for interfering and obstructing justice," explained Sgt. Tony Sheneman.

Sinclair told ABC7 he was held for a couple of hours.

"I got back here, noticed that both my cars were gone... I don't know. We're normally quiet people," he said.

Neighbors say just a half block away from Sinclair's house there was a lot of activity at a different house, when FBI agents swooped in.

"I didn't see anything they were taking out of the house. It was all covered in boxes and stuff. They towed the cars and everything," said witness Brandon Baughman.

Wayne Wallace has lived in the mobile home park for 25 years and says the disappearance of Sandra Cantu is taking a toll on residents. He told ABC 7 everyone seems to be scared.

"We had a vigil here last night with everybody trying to calm everybody down, but yeah they're nervous," he said.

With all the drama unfolding at the mobile home park, Sandra Cantu's family continues living in shock. Sandra's mother, grandmother and siblings can only wait and plead for her return.

"Whoever has her, just let her go. She needs to come home to her mom who loves her very much, misses her," said her mother Maria Chavez.

Tracy police say the investigation will go wherever the evidence seized Monday night takes it. The FBI was busy analyzing that evidence Tuesday morning.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...bay&id=6738066

One2Snoop · #16 03-31-2009, 05:24 PM

Police Search Homes of Two Men in Case of Missing 8-Year-Old California Girl

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Police are investigating two men they say are "persons of interest" in the disappearance of an 8-year-old California girl.

Sandra Cantu was last seen 4 p.m. on March 27, when a surveillance video camera recorded her walking away from her family's mobile home in Tracy, Calif. Her mother reported her missing at about 8 p.m.

A Tracy police spokesman said officers searched the homes and towed the vehicles of the two men Monday.

Items collected in the searches were turned over to the FBI crime lab for analysis.

Police are not saying why the two men attracted the attention of investigators. Their names have not been released.

Sgt. Tony Sheneman told the San Francisco Chronicle the men are not related to each other and do not live together.

He wouldn't say how, if at all, the persons of interest are connected to the girl. Shenemen said the men were not named as suspects and were not arrested.

Meanwhile, the reward for information grew to $7,000. Investigators are tracking down the more than 150 tips that have poured in.

Police say there is no evidence that Sandra was abducted or the victim of foul play.

The missing girl is Hispanic, 4 feet tall, and weighs 45 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a pink Hello Kitty T-shirt and black leggings when she was last seen.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511831,00.html

javahog · #17 04-01-2009, 02:02 AM

http://www.kron.com/News/ArticleView...l/Default.aspx

TRACY (KRON) – Police and the FBI are working around the clock in the hopes of finding 8-year-old Sandra Cantu who was last seen at a Tracy mobile home park Friday afternoon.

Around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, KRON 4’s Terisa Estacio says four plainclothes officers showed up at the mobile park and started fanning out in the area. As another six officers drove up, three investigators were spotted exiting the Cantu house.

Investigators are currently taking pictures of cars in the area and hovering around the Cantu residence.

At a press conference, Lieutenant Jeremy Watney said they’ve received 360 tips regarding the little girl’s disappearance. He notes that the FBI is currently processing evidence and examining three vehicles that were taken after search warrants were served in Tracy and Oakdale.

On Tuesday crews set out into the city’s wildlife area, scouring a nearby river. Watney says they searched a total of six areas but found nothing. He says they are not searching outside Tracy unless there is a credible lead.

While polygraph tests have been administered, officials are not saying who was tested.

The family of a missing eight-year old is convinced someone abducted Sandra Cantu. The remarks came just hours after police searched the trailers of two men named "persons of interest" in the case.

"From the family's point of view, they are saying she would not leave on her own accord and she did not deserve for someone to prey upon her innocence," Cantu family spokeswoman Lisa Encarnacion told reporters Tuesday morning. "She would not go outside of her comfort zone of her home environment and talk to a stranger."

Police say the two persons of interest and all residents of the mobile home park were re-interviewed Tuesday.

The names of the two men whose homes were searched have not been released. Witnesses say officers carried evidence away from the two trailers for more analysis. They also towed away the men's vehicles.

While authorities say there's no evidence of an abduction, the family insists Sandra did not run away from home.

"She's eight years old. We're not talking about a teenager here getting ticked off at Mom and Dad and going AWOL," Encarnacion said. "We're talking about a little girl that just turned eight years old. Please continue to get her name and her picture out there."

The next press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday.

If you've seen Sandra Cantu, contact Tracy police or your local authorities.
KRON

So far, none of the news pieces I've looked at tonight had Sandra's picture on it except one close-up of t-shirts. SHE should be plastered all over, not neighbors at a vigil or what have you...

TruLover · #18 04-01-2009, 06:11 AM

This bothers me. The mother heard the child come in the home, but didn't see her, didn't talk to her, and then heard her leave again. This was not reported until around 7:30 p.m. An 8-yr old girl not seen for 3-1/2 hours?
What was the mother doing that she could not greet her daughter when she returned from the friend's house? And why was she allowed to roam around all over the trailer park by herself?
I listened to the short segment on Greta last night... very strange. There was a blurb at the bottom about a 49 y.o. karate instructor who had kissed the girl 2 years ago... WTH!!!! Why is he not in jail, and why is he still working with kids? 78 SO's in that area... and they say she was not abducted. I have a bad feeling about this.
Oh, and Mark Klaas really needs to be careful what he says when the parents of these kids are on at the same time. They don't need to hear the statistics. JMO.

javahog · #19 04-01-2009, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TruLover

This bothers me. The mother heard the child come in the home, but didn't see her, didn't talk to her, and then heard her leave again. This was not reported until around 7:30 p.m. An 8-yr old girl not seen for 3-1/2 hours?
What was the mother doing that she could not greet her daughter when she returned from the friend's house? And why was she allowed to roam around all over the trailer park by herself?
I listened to the short segment on Greta last night... very strange. There was a blurb at the bottom about a 49 y.o. karate instructor who had kissed the girl 2 years ago... WTH!!!! Why is he not in jail, and why is he still working with kids? 78 SO's in that area... and they say she was not abducted. I have a bad feeling about this.
Oh, and Mark Klaas really needs to be careful what he says when the parents of these kids are on at the same time. They don't need to hear the statistics. JMO.

Here's the Tracy paper's story on the Kissy Karate Instructor. http://tracypress.com/content/view/17670/2268/

Excerpt:

"Frank Wohler, 60, who runs the Delta Kajukenbo School of Self-Defense, had his office at 4220 Commercial Drive searched by at least four people at about 7:30 p.m. Monday night.

Tracy police and FBI agents were at Wohler’s home in the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park when he arrived home Monday evening, staying until about midnight, he said.

Wohler said they took CDs containing pictures and his cell phone from his office and several items from his home that he declined to identify.

“The FBI can do what they want, when they want, because they’ve got all the means,” Wohler said.

He said he knew Sandra and that the girl would come over to his yard occasionally, asking if he needed help with small jobs around the garden.

When asked after Wohler finished teaching a martial arts class today about a report that he kissed Sandra at the mobile swimming pool two years ago, he said, “Yeah, it was me. We were in the pool, and I was just trying to be nice.”

Then he added, “I don’t think I should talk to you anymore.” "

How creeped out is that?!

And then there's this story with some selected quotes: http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7210841&page=2

" "My mother-in-law saw him march over, sweep her hair off her face and give her a kiss on the lips," Chavez said, adding that the man was an Orchard Estates resident who still lives in the park.

Sheneman said he found out about the neighbor's kiss on Saturday. The neighbor is a man in his 60s who is still a resident of the park. "

Yet:

" "Chavez said she has always known Orchard Estates to be a family-friendly place that is safe for children." "

I'm glad they're taking a close look at this guy. And, knowing he was around, should she have been wandering around alone? The family took it seriously enough they called the police at the time. Uggh.

javahog · #20 04-02-2009, 09:07 AM

Word is that LE is searching a local dump, but that its routine, not based on a lead.

And she can't be with the father since he's come up from Mexicali to help try and find her.

One2Snoop · #21 04-02-2009, 01:25 PM

Police to Release New Video of Sondra Cantu
Created by Brian Shields on 4/2/2009 12:05:33 PM

TRACY (KRON) -- We will soon see new video that shows Sandra Cantu. Police now say the video is not surveillance footage taken from a camera near the home where the ight year old girl disappeared last Friday. This apparently is not footage from a surveillance camera installed on the family home which shows the little girl, wearing a "Hi Kitty" t-shirt and black leggings leaving the home on her way to a friend's residence. The search for Sondra is now in its sixth day.

The new images come as police and volunteers continue to sift through a garbage dump in hopes of finding something that will lead them to Sondra. Investigators continue to try to run down hundreds of tips called in but say so far nothing solid has developed.

A special MySpace page now includes the last still photos taken of Sondra at her eighth birthday party last month.

The FBI continues to focus on the family of a man who allegedly interfered with the search of a mobile home park near Sandra's home earlier in the week. That man's relatives were the subject of the search of an Oakdale home as investigators look for more evidence about what happened to the eight year old girl. Authorities have also talked with Sandra's father who is now back in the area after a short visit to Mexico. He insists he did not take the child out of the country.

Stay tuned to KRON 4 and KRON4.com for continuing coverage of the search for Sandra Cantu.

http://www.kron.com/News/ArticleView...u/Default.aspx

One2Snoop · #22 04-02-2009, 01:28 PM

Sandra Cantu Myspace....

http://www.myspace.com/findmissingsandra

One2Snoop · #23 04-02-2009, 01:35 PM

One2Snoop · #24 04-02-2009, 01:42 PM

Crews search trash as search for girl continues

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Volunteers and police are going through the trash at a waste facility as the search for eight-year-old Sandra Cantu continues.

A Tracy police spokesman says the search at the facility about seven miles from the mobile home park where Sandra lives with her family is routine.

Crews using bulldozers and other equipment are expected to be sifting through trash at the site all week.

Investigators say they have received about 500 tips so far, but none of the tips indicate the girl may not be alive.

Police have identified two men they consider "persons of interest," though no arrests have been made.

Sandra was last seen Friday afternoon at the mobile home park where her family lives.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...n133338D91.DTL

One2Snoop · #25 04-03-2009, 05:18 PM

UPDATE: FBI, Police Raid Trailer at Mobile Home Park Where Sandra Cantu Disappeared
Created by Brian Shields on 4/3/2009 4:02:23 PM

TRACY (KRON) -- The FBI and Tracy Police are raiding a mobile home at the park where eight-year old Sandra Cantu disappeared a week ago. KRON 4's Dan Kerman saw ten law enforcement cars pull up to the trailer. One person was led away in handcuffs. An FBI evidence team is also on the scene along with a tow truck.

The raid comes hours after police said Sandra Cantu has a mole on her face. Investigators hope that added detail along with video released Thursday showing the missing child at a Christmas party will help someone provide the clue that leads to her safe return.

Hundreds of volunteers are expected to join the search for Sandra who disappeared nearly a week ago from her home at a Tracy mobile home park. Authorities are asking people who want to help in the search to gather at a fire station at 7700 Linne Road on Saturday. That's where organizers will assign them to specific tasks in the search for the missing girl.

Investigators say they continue to talk with Sandra's father who reportedly passed a lie detector test. He insists he did not take the child from his estranged wife.

A CHP helicopter is up combing through some of the open spaces near Interstate 205, just about a mile from where the girl was last seen. Investigators confirm they served another search warrant Thursday in the case but won't say who it targets or where.

The total number of tips from the public is now more than 700. Investigators say they are tracking every report of a possible sighting of the little girl. Detectives are also going back through their notes and the evidence gathered during the search to see if they missed anything.

Stay tuned to KRON 4 and KRON4.com for continuing coverage all weekend of the search for Sandra Cantu.

http://www.kron4.com/News/ArticleVie...tu-Disappeared

One2Snoop · #26 04-03-2009, 05:24 PM

FBI Re-Questions Man They Say Admits to Kissing Missing California Girl

Friday, April 03, 2009

Authorities spoke for a second time to a man they say admitted kissing missing 8-year-old California girl Sandra Cantu on the mouth two years ago, when she was 6.

Frank Wohler's station wagon was returned Thursday after authorities confiscated the vehicle Monday night when they searched his home.

Click here for a video report on KTVU.com about the kissing incident.

The FBI also searched the Oakdale, Calif., home of a man related to the neighbor of the girl.

The relative, Chris Sinclair, has been a focus of the investigation into Sandra's disappearance a week ago. Three vehicles connected to him have already been seized.

Authorities widened their hunt for the child as the investigation heated up. They continued sifting through garbage at the Tracy landfill and another dump site Friday, an effort that began a day earlier.

Click here for photos.

Also Friday, the California Highway Patrol conducted a helicopter search of the vicinity to cover a large area in a short time period, Watney told reporters.

Volunteers are also being urged to participate in an expanded search of the town over the weekend.

"Any and all help is welcome," Watney said at a morning press conference Friday.

Sandra was last seen about 4 p.m. March 27 walking away from the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park in Tracy, Calif., where she lives with her family. Her mother reported her missing about 8 p.m. that night.

Investigators said they have been poring over about 720 leads in their search for the child, but none of the tips indicate Sandra is dead.

"We’ve had sightings from people all over California saying they’ve seen her ... which would definitely suggest that she is still alive,” say Watney. "Statistics show that she’s probably still in Tracy, but if we get a tip in Nevada or in Southern California ... wherever we get a tip, we are going to go."

Investigators combed the Old River, about three miles from the girl's home, on Thursday. They also spent the day going through residents' trash.

"Everything that comes through they're searching, garbage trucks and everything," Laurence Campiott, who works at the landfill, told FOX San Francisco affiliate KTVU.

The search of the garbage is routine, according to police.

"We are going through absolutely everybody’s trash in this city of Tracy this week," Tracy Police Lieutenant Jeremy Watney told reporters Thursday. "It’s just covering a base. If we don’t do it now, we won’t be able to do it later."

Police said another search of the trailer park where Sandra lives yielded a Hello Kitty T-shirt like the one the child was last seen wearing.

They showed the top to her mother, Maria Chavez.

"It looked very similar [to the one she wore], which is why we brought it back to the mother. But mother said it wasn't. That's not to say we're not going further," KTVU quoted Watney as saying. "We still have it. It's still going to be examined. It's still going to be tested."

The reward for information leading to the child's whereabouts has risen to about $22,000, according to police.

On Thursday, Sandra's father pleaded with her to "scream, kick, do what you need to do" to escape her captors.

Daniel Cantu said he has been questioned extensively by detectives.

"I've just gotten through a couple hours of being interrogated," he told KTVU.

Sandra's parents are divorced; her father lives along the California border with Mexico. He hasn't seen his daughter in a year, he told KTVU, but he wanted to get a message to her.

"Honey, if you can get to a phone, dial 911, babe," the station quoted him as saying. "Scream. Kick. Do what you need to do."

The child is described as Hispanic, 4 feet tall and weighing 45 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a small birthmark on her right cheek. She was wearing a pink Hello Kitty T-shirt and black leggings when she disappeared.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512411,00.html

javahog · #27 04-03-2009, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by One2Snoop

FBI Re-Questions Man They Say Admits to Kissing Missing California Girl

Friday, April 03, 2009

Authorities spoke for a second time to a man they say admitted kissing missing 8-year-old California girl Sandra Cantu on the mouth two years ago, when she was 6.

Frank Wohler's station wagon was returned Thursday after authorities confiscated the vehicle Monday night when they searched his home.

Click here for a video report on KTVU.com about the kissing incident.

The FBI also searched the Oakdale, Calif., home of a man related to the neighbor of the girl.

The relative, Chris Sinclair, has been a focus of the investigation into Sandra's disappearance a week ago. Three vehicles connected to him have already been seized.

Authorities widened their hunt for the child as the investigation heated up. They continued sifting through garbage at the Tracy landfill and another dump site Friday, an effort that began a day earlier.

Click here for photos.

Also Friday, the California Highway Patrol conducted a helicopter search of the vicinity to cover a large area in a short time period, Watney told reporters.

Volunteers are also being urged to participate in an expanded search of the town over the weekend.

"Any and all help is welcome," Watney said at a morning press conference Friday.

Sandra was last seen about 4 p.m. March 27 walking away from the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park in Tracy, Calif., where she lives with her family. Her mother reported her missing about 8 p.m. that night.

Investigators said they have been poring over about 720 leads in their search for the child, but none of the tips indicate Sandra is dead.

"We’ve had sightings from people all over California saying they’ve seen her ... which would definitely suggest that she is still alive,” say Watney. "Statistics show that she’s probably still in Tracy, but if we get a tip in Nevada or in Southern California ... wherever we get a tip, we are going to go."

Investigators combed the Old River, about three miles from the girl's home, on Thursday. They also spent the day going through residents' trash.

"Everything that comes through they're searching, garbage trucks and everything," Laurence Campiott, who works at the landfill, told FOX San Francisco affiliate KTVU.

The search of the garbage is routine, according to police.

"We are going through absolutely everybody’s trash in this city of Tracy this week," Tracy Police Lieutenant Jeremy Watney told reporters Thursday. "It’s just covering a base. If we don’t do it now, we won’t be able to do it later."

Police said another search of the trailer park where Sandra lives yielded a Hello Kitty T-shirt like the one the child was last seen wearing.

They showed the top to her mother, Maria Chavez.

"It looked very similar [to the one she wore], which is why we brought it back to the mother. But mother said it wasn't. That's not to say we're not going further," KTVU quoted Watney as saying. "We still have it. It's still going to be examined. It's still going to be tested."

The reward for information leading to the child's whereabouts has risen to about $22,000, according to police.

On Thursday, Sandra's father pleaded with her to "scream, kick, do what you need to do" to escape her captors.

Daniel Cantu said he has been questioned extensively by detectives.

"I've just gotten through a couple hours of being interrogated," he told KTVU.

Sandra's parents are divorced; her father lives along the California border with Mexico. He hasn't seen his daughter in a year, he told KTVU, but he wanted to get a message to her.

"Honey, if you can get to a phone, dial 911, babe," the station quoted him as saying. "Scream. Kick. Do what you need to do."

The child is described as Hispanic, 4 feet tall and weighing 45 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a small birthmark on her right cheek. She was wearing a pink Hello Kitty T-shirt and black leggings when she disappeared.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512411,00.html

Uh-oh. The pattern of the searches sound like they might be following cell tower pings...

wind149 · #28 04-03-2009, 08:58 PM

Jesus God! How many live in the park I wonder?? Trailer parks are full of kids, that is a common thing in this country, lots of children lived in the park I lived in, they were always playing at the little playground, and believe you me, many a night I would sit outside on my picnic table and watch them, just my way of keeping my hood safe, they would ride their bikes, swim in the pool and it was nice in the summer to watch those little innocents having fun like all kids should and like I enjoyed. And what is up with that creep who ADMITS kissing this child when she was SIX on the LIPS??? He would be on my radar screen big time!! But sadly, as we all know, it only can be a matter of minutes and a kid can be snapped and I pray that she is alive, but we all know that often, that is not the case these days, I am positive that Haleigh is dead, and it all comes back to her own scum family, maybe a SO is not responsible, maybe it is some trash this family is kin to or knows. And once again, this crime is committed in a trailer park, I really am glad I do not live in one right about now!!

One2Snoop · #29 04-04-2009, 06:59 PM

Volunteers don't let up on Day 8
Written by Justin Lafferty
Saturday, 04 April 2009

Hundreds show up this morning to search for Sandra in Tracy.

Sandra Cantu is everywhere you look, but nowhere to be found.

The 8-year-old girl has been missing from her Tracy home at Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park for eight days now, but the community response has not slowed down.

Hundreds of people from all walks of life showed up to volunteer starting at 8 a.m. today at the old Linne Road Fire Station. Concerned individuals, families with small children and even a local biker gang entered the firehouse ready to post more fliers.

“I’m touched that they would care so much about Sandra,” Tracy police spokesman Lt. Jeremy Watney said. “It’s very heartwarming to see them all out there.”

People were divided into teams of two or three and sent out to different areas to distribute fliers after a short safety briefing from volunteer Tim Heinrich of Tracy’s Community Emergency Response Team. The group is coordinating all volunteer efforts in the search.

Heinrich, a pastor at Crossroads Baptist Church, said people from as far away as Lodi and Alameda have come to Tracy today to raise awareness of Sandra’s disappearance.

“It’s been fantastic,” Heinrich said. “People seem to be upbeat and in good spirits.”
At around 10 a.m., about 20 members of the San Joaquin chapter of the motorcycle group Knuckleheads MC roared into the rural fire station. After they removed their helmets, their intent was clear — they just wanted to help.

They walked up to the entrance and told a team member that they’d go wherever they’re needed.

“I have daughters, and a majority of our riders have kids,” the group’s sergeant, David Barnes, said. “It’s right here in Tracy, so it hits home for us. Until she’s found, we’re going to ride.”

Some people have used their creative talents to help the search. Corena Sanchez-San Nicolas came to the fire station this morning from San Jose to hand out custom-made buttons to volunteers with a picture of Sandra’s flier on them. She and her friend, Connie Dumas, who grew up in Tracy but now lives in Livermore, said they were emotionally struck by the situation and wanted to help.

Both women wore T-shirts showing the most recent pictures of Sandra.
“When you think about it, it hurts; it’s sad,” Sanchez-San Nicolas said. “We hope that it helps, but she hasn’t been found yet. I guess all we can do is spread the word out as much (as we can).”

Sandra’s disappearance spoke to the maternal instincts of Denice Wheat and Dana Erickson, who formed a mother-daughter team. They posted fliers in the neighborhood around Clyde Bland Park.

“If it were my daughter,” Erickson said, “I’d hope there would be the same kind of response. This is what makes Tracy Tracy. That’s why people like to live here.”

The search hits close to home for Wheat, whose 81-year-old mother, Wallacea Lois, lives in the mobile home park that has been repeatedly searched. Wheat and her daughter volunteered for the first time today, just wanting to do their part.

“Maybe someone will see it and recognize her,” Wheat said. “She’s a little girl that’s lost. I have five grandchildren, and it’s very sad. I just wanted to help.”

Even those who couldn’t come to Tracy have made their presence felt. Watney said the reward for information leading to Sandra’s whereabouts is now at $26,000, with donations coming in as far away as New Jersey.

The volunteers will operate out of the old fire station at 7700 W. Linne Road, until 6 p.m. today.

If you want to print and distribute fliers in your town and cannot come to Tracy, visit http://www.ci.tracy.ca.us/departments/police/.

For information: Community Emergency Response Team, 832-1028.

http://tracypress.com/content/view/17729/2265/

One2Snoop · #30 04-05-2009, 03:25 PM

Day 9: Search Continues
Written by TP staff
Sunday, 05 April 2009

Search-and-rescue crews are not taking a day of rest today in the search for 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, who disappeared March 27.

Photo's at the link....
http://tracypress.com/content/view/17731/2328/

One2Snoop · #31 04-06-2009, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beemeup

Thanks java-i just listened to the press conference and it was stated that they have declared it a no fly zone as well. Must be a crime scene. I shudder to think. MOO

That's what I'm thinking too.

One2Snoop · #32 04-06-2009, 07:17 PM

Investigators Handling Black Container Found Near Tracy Mobile Home Park "With Utmost Care"
Created by Brian Shields on 4/6/2009 6:16:24 PM

TRACY (KRON) – Tracy police and the FBI are investigating a black container found just two miles from the mobile home park where missing eight-year-old Sandra Cantu was last seen.

At a press conference Monday afternoon, Sergeant Tony Sheneman said around 10 a.m. farm workers were preparing an irrigation pond on North Tracy Boulevard when they found a black container that floated to the surface. Workers knew of the search for Sandra and immediately called San Joaquin County sheriffs. Police and the FBI arrived around 10:30 a.m.

While Sheneman says there is no indication that anyone, anything is in the container, they are not taking any chances and are processing the scene “with utmost care.”

Police say the container will be opened at an undisclosed location sometime Monday evening.

The road has been shut down and the CHP has cleared air space over the area.

Earlier Monday, police had called an end to the large-scale ground operations.

About 300 volunteers and law enforcement officers fanned out across an area of open fields on Saturday. Investigators are now focusing on leads that have been coming in since Sandra disappeared.

Police say they have received more than 1,000 tips since the eight-year-old disappeared the afternoon of March 27th.

Over the weekend, police released video surveillance footage that showed Sandra skipping across a road inside the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park, where she lived with her parents and grandparents.

Reward money for information leading to the girl’s whereabouts is now close to $30,000.

http://www.kron.com/News/ArticleView...k/Default.aspx

tandarat · #33 04-06-2009, 09:38 PM

If the suitcase turns out to be nothing, they'll probably just release a statement. If it contains something, chances are they'll announce a press conference. Let's hope for a statement.

I've been following this story from the beginning. We live in the east bay, and have relatives in Tracy, including a 4-year-old nephew. I have a 5-year-old daughter, and this one hits close. It makes you realize that anything can happen. I've been watching her even a little more closely than I normally do lately. I've been called the over-protective mom before, but she's my only child, and I can't even imagine what I'd do if something like this ever happened...

Keeping her family in my thoughts, and hoping against hope that she is still alive and at least relatively safe. It HAS happened before.

tandarat · #34 04-06-2009, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by javahog

Press conference expected at 8 pm pacific time.
http://tracypress.com/content/view/17735/2268/

I don't think I'm allowed to say what my first thought was reading this. Do you know any local (bay area, not central valley) stations that will be covering this?

Now I can only truly hope that they found clothes and personal items, and not really a body. It is understandable that they would take this to the coroner's office to open it if there is any chance it contains remains.

There is also the chance that it contains animal remains. This type of thing was common in southern California around the dairies. You'd have a horrible smell coming from some kind of a container (oil drum, suitcase, whatever) on the side of the road, and it usually was an animal that someone had disposed of.

Grasping, I know, but I really don't want to admit that most likely she is dead, and chances are they have found her.

Still hoping.

old_soul · #35 04-06-2009, 10:17 PM

oh Jeez.....we know this doesn't look good.

Waiting for this press conference, or something............sigh.

Her parents must have been beside themselves, but if it is bad news, I'm sure they have been told already....

Prayers for Sandra and her family

I just don't know what to say anymore...one after another, after another...

old_soul · #36 04-06-2009, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by javahog

I hate pedophiles. Especially murderous ones. But then, I'm sure I'm not alone here, OS.

Yes jav, we ladies here are not the ones a pedophile would be safe around..kind of like bait for a school of piranas..that would be us! First order of the day is Castration! Yep, stand still Mr Piggly Wiggly, and say goodbye to your little friend. LOLOLOL

I'm crazy tonight. Here I was looking for this press conference, forgetting the West Coast is a few hours behind. I'm losing it for sure!

Thanks for your updates here and on the Caylee thread ~ Methinks you're taking Nyquil or something ( with that stuff it can either go one way or another....hyper, or drop where you stand LOL) HAHa you know I'm making a funny, keep it up though, you're doing a great job! LOLOLOL

How DO you feel? How is everyone at home?

One2Snoop · #37 04-06-2009, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by javahog

I noticed this early in the coverage, but the sun moved and you couldn't see it real clearly: it looked like the bag was dragged to the edge of the pond and turned over. (logically, then it was opened)

See. the bag was at the 3 o'clock point and you can barely see the drag marks behind Bald Cop. The look at the mud mark on the bag-it was turned over I think. Sorry this is the best photo I could find-the drag mark was real clear early on. I'm more sure somethings in there-I think the farmhands saw something that made them say Santa Maria and call 911.

This report says it was dragged by the workers....

From this article - http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12083966

The area had been searched two times previously, Sheneman said. It's believed that the container was not in the pond when it was last drained, about two weeks ago. When workers noticed it, they thought it was suspicious and called police after pulling it over to the side of an embankment.

tandarat · #38 04-06-2009, 11:15 PM

I'm keeping an eye on KRON, CBS5, abc7, and ktvu, and NOTHING. I'm surprised, since it has been all over the news for the past week and a half. You would think that a news conference like this would at least be mentioned.

I know that I'll get the news tonight, but I'd like to hear the entire press conference, not sound bites that have been edited. I also want to know if they found her or not (hoping for not in this case).

old_soul · #39 04-06-2009, 11:19 PM

thanks snoop!

Either I'm having trouble having the video play, or there's no presser...

Are you able to get it?

The Coroners van being there ...for only one reason......If they didn't call the coroner until it was opened, the van wouldn't be there....

One2Snoop · #40 04-06-2009, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tandarat

I'm keeping an eye on KRON, CBS5, abc7, and ktvu, and NOTHING. I'm surprised, since it has been all over the news for the past week and a half. You would think that a news conference like this would at least be mentioned.

I know that I'll get the news tonight, but I'd like to hear the entire press conference, not sound bites that have been edited. I also want to know if they found her or not (hoping for not in this case).

I've also been looking....