CA CA - Barstow, HispFem 14-19, UP6718, severed head in backpack, Feb'10

Snufamonbobball said:

I don't know Spanish, but I found a youtube video about Deborah Adargas. There's a picture of her in the video where you can see her ear- it's interesting none the less, that a news station picked up her disappearance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwfLD_8XMwo

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TV Anchorman:
Your City: Her daughter disappeared, and they have no idea where she could be. Our colleague Kena Lara has the report for us.

Kena Lara (Field Reporter):
A terrible drama is what she is suffering - Mrs. Maria, the mother of 16-year old Deborah, who has been missing since three months ago.

Mother:
My husband took Deborah to Azusa High School, and he left her there like always, at 8:00 in the morning. She didn't leave from school, because the next day I called and she had not attended classes.

Aunt:
We went to the school to distribute flyers to all of the students, but it had already been several days.

Kena Lara (Field Reporter):
Bathed in tears, Deborah's mother and her relatives ask for her prompt return.

Mother:
I don't know if she is on the street, if she is eating or if she is not eating, if she sleeps, or if she feels cold.

Grandmother:
It affects us - all the family - It affects us.

Kena Lara (Field Reporter):
According to family members of the adolescent, this disappearance is very strange. Deborah is a very reserved little girl, and she almost never left her home.

Mother:
Yes, perhaps she would have one or two friends, because she was always of one or two friends. She was not very much like that.

Classmate from High School:
... but she always pretty much kept to herself and she didn't even speak with the teacher.

Kena Lara (Field Reporter):
At this moment, the Adargas family is left to pray for the prompt return of their daughter. If you have a tip that could help with the location of this teenager, call the authorities. From Azusa, Kena Lara - Channel 62 News - Your city, your team.

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believe09 said:

So the date she was reported was the date she actually disappeared? We went back and forth with LE on a possible match one time, but the perp was the husband who called her in missing a month after he killed her, so the UID actually ended up being the MP. If that makes any sense.

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believe09 said:

Is Barstow any where near where that wealthy guy crashed his plane??? Steve Fosset is who I am thinking of...

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sniperacer said:

I agree. I would not call Barstow / Lenwood exactly desolate as compared to the 100's of mile of empty desert. Barstow is a major cross road for truckers and folks traveling to/from Nevada on the 15 or East on the 40 ("the river"). And Lenwood Road is the #1 Barstow stop for food, gas and shopping.

IF you did not want a body / head found, there are many better places along the same road to BURY something. For example, the Zyzzx road to nowhere.

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not_my_kids said:

Deborah Adargas, 16, missing from Azusa, CA since 1/4/2010. Hispanic female, very little info available.

http://missingkids.com/missingkids/...NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

I'm having trouble getting the picture to load onto my computer so that I can post it, but does anyone else think it's a possibility?

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CarlK90245 said:

She is from Azusa, which is in the general vicinity of where most of the Fiesta Foods stores are located. The timeline from DLC to discovery date is 37 days.

She appears to have broader cheekbones and broader jawline than Jane Doe IMO. Not that far off though. I'd say it's worth checking.

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not_my_kids said:

Deborah Adargas has been submitted. Welcome to the waiting game.

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believe09 said:

I think there is alot about April's story that would make sense-the only question I would have is where she has been for the last 6 years and the age...because the head was just a few days dead when found IIRC....

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PhiercePhi said:

I am not 100% but isn't Barstow by a military base? This may be a case of a soliders child ? Just a thought.

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CarlK90245 said:

I just got done talking with him.

He did see my e-mails and thought that he had sent a reply, but apparently, he did not.

He tends to talk fast and he likes to chat. So I can't report everything that he said to me.

But in a nutshell: The gist of our conversation is as follows:

• They have received about 3,000 leads on this UID.
• They have contacted Rialto PD for Dental Records on Noemi Pineda.
• My tip was the first time Noemi Pineda came up on his radar.
• He is not particularly interested in the argument for why a tipster's possible match is strong. He is interested in only 3 things; (fingerprints, dentals, or DNA), and he does look into all tips.
• Don't rely too much on the facial reconstruction, as this UID's face was badly mutilated by the perp.
• If LE would do what they are legally required to do (i.e., collect DNA, fingerprints, or dentals on any minor missing more than 30 days), there would not be a need for "bird dogs" (i.e., sleuthers like us).
• The California DNA lab is no longer able to claim that CODIS does not have false negatives. A Ridgecrest CA case sat in CODIS for over a year without triggering a mtDNA hit. It was only after three family members had samples submitted that a CODIS feature called "Pedigree Tree" evaluated all three samples and triggered a hit on the UID.

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amoreau25 said:

This is OT but can you tell me what the ridgecrest case was? I have family that lives there & I have not heard of this... Just wondering

Thanks

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CarlK90245 said:

The Ridgecrest case was Dawn Renee Higdon.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68130927

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