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Missing Teen Considered Endangered in Las Vegas
July 2, 2012

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Cindy Rivera is believed to have left her home in a vehicle with an unknown man, according to a release from New Mexico State Police.

More: http://www.abqjournal.com/main/1161...-teen-considered-endangered-in-las-vegas.html




Missing girl’s mom fears worst

July 5, 2012

The last time Josephine Garcia spoke to her daughter was last Friday night.

Cindy L. Rivera, 19, called her to tell her that Rivera’s ex-husband had shown up, and he was drunk, Garcia said. Garcia told her daughter to chase him away and to go inside.

Garcia said her daughter didn’t appear to be scared so the mother stayed at a friend’s house that night. When she returned the following morning to the home on Peggy Lane where she lives with her daughter, young grandson and a client, Garcia found the garage door open and her 1-year-old grandson alone with her client.

http://www.lasvegasoptic.com/content/missing-girl%E2%80%99s-mom-fears-worst



 
Family claims young mother kidnapped
August 22, 2012

The family of a missing young mother have taken matters into their own hands. Posting pictures of the men they think kidnapped and possibly killed the 19-year-old.

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When her sisters looked for her, they knew right away something wasn't right. They say her slippers were in the road and there were signs of a struggle.

The family believes they know who is behind Cindy’s disappearance. They posted the mens’ pictures all over town hoping that someone will give them answers, but state police says those men have hired lawyers and are not talking.

One of the men is the father of Rivera's oldest son.

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/family-claims-young-mother-kidnapped
 
Family claims man confessed to mother's murder
Jan 16, 2013

Relatives say the main suspect in the disappearance of a young mother confessed to them that he killed her. But, months later, State Police say they are still working the case and don't have enough to go on.

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According to the report a family member of the father of Cindy Rivera’s children says the young man showed up the day after Cindy disappeared, covered in scratches and wearing only boxer shorts. He said he killed Cindy and needed help getting a room in Albuquerque.

The relative told police she purchased a hotel room at the La Quinta Inn off Gibson for the man. State police immediately had Albuquerque Police go there, but when they got here they said the room was empty and it looked like the guy had just split.

State Police have searched his home near Las Vegas where authorities believe Rivera's body may be buried.

Police say they still need more information, and that this case is far from the back burner.

More: http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/murder-confession-in-missing-mom-case
 
Las Vegas, N.M., family offers 50k for missing daughter

A Las Vegas, N.M., family whose daughter went missing two years ago is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to finding 21-year-old Cindy Rivera, state police said Thursday. Rivera, who also goes by her nickname “Tig,” was last ween on June 29, 2012, at her house on Peggy Lane in Las Vegas when she was 19 years old, a state police news release said.

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/ne...cle_9a55d503-cbed-5250-9ea8-1e1bc72d11f9.html
 
Poor Cindy, her son, her family.
This case seems solvable and yet it wasn't, which is truly tragic. Hopefully she will get the justice she deserves someday.
There are several photos of her at this link.
Cindy L. Rivera – The Charley Project
I know right? It would seem that if the baby daddy showed up drunk and supposedly confessed to killing her that would be enough for a warrant right? I wonder what was found in his hotel room? I wonder if he showed up alone or with someone else? How did he know she was there?
 
New Mexico authorities issue warrant in cold-case homicide

Every month, Jessie Rivera has replaced the “Missing Person” signs around Las Vegas, N.M., continuing to raise awareness of his daughter, Cindy “Tig” Rivera, who was 19 when she disappeared years ago from a home on Peggy Lane.

Authorities long have believed the young mother of two was abducted and killed in the early morning hours of June 30, 2012. But her body was never recovered, and no one was charged in the case.

That changed Friday, when New Mexico State Police, following a nine-year investigation, obtained an arrest warrant for a man suspected of being an accomplice in her death.

State police believe 37-year-old Anselmo “Chemo” Richard Ortiz helped Cindy Rivera’s ex-husband, the father of her oldest child, kidnap and kill her, according an arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Miguel County Magistrate Court. Ortiz is charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

The ex-husband, Christopher Trujillo, took his own life in La Cienega in May, the document says, adding he left incriminating evidence on his phone.

Officer Dusty Francisco, a state police spokesman, wrote in an email Monday, “Based on the totality of the evidence, including statements made by Christopher Trujillo, Cindy Rivera is deceased and was killed by Christopher Trujillo. Her remains have not been located.”

As of Monday, Ortiz had not been arrested.

Rivera left behind two sons. Jason, now 12, is in the custody of Trujillo’s mother. The younger boy, 10-year-old Cortez, is being raised by her family.

The last nine years were “not a happy place” for the Rivera family, Cindy Rivera’s sister said in an interview Monday. Holidays and her birthday, Feb. 23, have been the most difficult to bear.

“For me and my family, it’s been terrible,” Angela Rivera said. “[Cindy] was the heart of our family. I can’t even put it into words. Life will never be the same.”

She was not surprised state police have named Trujillo and Ortiz as the suspects in her sister’s disappearance and death.

“Back in 2012, when they took her, we knew it was them,” Angela Rivera said.

Cindy Rivera had been staying at the Peggy Lane home, where she and her mother were live-in caretakers for an ailing man. She had been there just two or three days before she went missing, Angela Rivera said.

Her sister reported her disappearance to Las Vegas police after their mother, who had been staying at her boyfriend’s home, received a concerning phone call the night before. Cindy Rivera had called around 1 a.m. June 30 and said Trujillo was outside the Peggy Lane house and intoxicated.

By 2 a.m., the man in her and mother’s care, Pedro Martinez, heard Cindy Rivera’s infant son, Cortez, crying in a locked bathroom.

Rivera was gone.

By analyzing phone records for Trujillo, Ortiz and Rivera, state and local investigators learned the two men were near her in Las Vegas between 12:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. that day.


Trujillo’s family members told police they saw the men that afternoon “only wearing pants and shirtless,” with scratches and bite marks on their chests.

Ortiz’s ex-wife told investigators he appeared at one point with a Walmart bag full of bloody clothing.

The woman’s mother said they “were dirty, and she could see blood on their clothing,” according to the affidavit. She also saw blood on Ortiz’s neck and Trujillo’s face. The bags of bloody clothing were burned in a fireplace, she added.

Ortiz was convicted of drug-trafficking charges after Cindy Rivera’s disappearance and was imprisoned from 2013 to 2019. After his release, he began working for Trujillo at All American Towing in Las Vegas. But their relationship began to deteriorate, the affidavit says.

Ortiz was accused of using company credit cards for personal charges. Later, Trujillo accused Ortiz of revealing an affair to his wife and threatened to harm Ortiz’s son.

In January, Ortiz was in police custody again on suspicion of drunken driving. In April, he wanted to speak with investigators to discuss Rivera’s disappearance. And on April 30, he reached out to her family members on Facebook.

“I can honestly say I didn’t have anything to do with it but there’s a chance I could be wrong about location or he has done something else,” one Facebook message read, according to the affidavit.

As Ortiz considered discussing the case with police, Trujillo was struggling.

Trujillo’s wife approached state police May 2 with concerns that he “wanted to kill himself and Anselmo Ortiz,” the affidavit says.

Two days later, Santa Fe County deputies responded to Trujillo’s suicide in La Cienega. Investigators searching Trujillo’s phone for evidence in the Rivera case found numerous recorded conversations, one of which was particularly incriminating.

“I killed my ex-wife, Cindy Rivera, and buried her in the national forest. I’m going to tell them Chemo killed her and buried her,” Trujillo said in one conversation, according to the affidavit.

Amber Trujillo, his wife, told police the two had argued before he killed himself. Trujillo was accusing her of having an affair with Ortiz, she said, according to a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office report on the suicide.

Angela Rivera confirmed Ortiz had contacted the family in the weeks before Trujillo’s death. She said he was attempting to get full immunity and the $50,000 reward the family was offering to anyone who could help find Cindy Rivera’s body.

“It never went any further because obviously we’re not going to give him the reward nor full immunity,” she said.

The Rivera family now hopes someone will come forward with information leading to Ortiz’s arrest.

They are seeking justice and accountability, they said, but most of all they want to find Cindy Rivera’s body so they can lay to rest their daughter, sister and mother.
 
New Mexico authorities issue warrant in cold-case homicide

Every month, Jessie Rivera has replaced the “Missing Person” signs around Las Vegas, N.M., continuing to raise awareness of his daughter, Cindy “Tig” Rivera, who was 19 when she disappeared years ago from a home on Peggy Lane.

Authorities long have believed the young mother of two was abducted and killed in the early morning hours of June 30, 2012. But her body was never recovered, and no one was charged in the case.

That changed Friday, when New Mexico State Police, following a nine-year investigation, obtained an arrest warrant for a man suspected of being an accomplice in her death.

State police believe 37-year-old Anselmo “Chemo” Richard Ortiz helped Cindy Rivera’s ex-husband, the father of her oldest child, kidnap and kill her, according an arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Miguel County Magistrate Court. Ortiz is charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

The ex-husband, Christopher Trujillo, took his own life in La Cienega in May, the document says, adding he left incriminating evidence on his phone.

Officer Dusty Francisco, a state police spokesman, wrote in an email Monday, “Based on the totality of the evidence, including statements made by Christopher Trujillo, Cindy Rivera is deceased and was killed by Christopher Trujillo. Her remains have not been located.”

As of Monday, Ortiz had not been arrested.

Rivera left behind two sons. Jason, now 12, is in the custody of Trujillo’s mother. The younger boy, 10-year-old Cortez, is being raised by her family.

The last nine years were “not a happy place” for the Rivera family, Cindy Rivera’s sister said in an interview Monday. Holidays and her birthday, Feb. 23, have been the most difficult to bear.

“For me and my family, it’s been terrible,” Angela Rivera said. “[Cindy] was the heart of our family. I can’t even put it into words. Life will never be the same.”

She was not surprised state police have named Trujillo and Ortiz as the suspects in her sister’s disappearance and death.

“Back in 2012, when they took her, we knew it was them,” Angela Rivera said.

Cindy Rivera had been staying at the Peggy Lane home, where she and her mother were live-in caretakers for an ailing man. She had been there just two or three days before she went missing, Angela Rivera said.

Her sister reported her disappearance to Las Vegas police after their mother, who had been staying at her boyfriend’s home, received a concerning phone call the night before. Cindy Rivera had called around 1 a.m. June 30 and said Trujillo was outside the Peggy Lane house and intoxicated.

By 2 a.m., the man in her and mother’s care, Pedro Martinez, heard Cindy Rivera’s infant son, Cortez, crying in a locked bathroom.

Rivera was gone.

By analyzing phone records for Trujillo, Ortiz and Rivera, state and local investigators learned the two men were near her in Las Vegas between 12:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. that day.


Trujillo’s family members told police they saw the men that afternoon “only wearing pants and shirtless,” with scratches and bite marks on their chests.

Ortiz’s ex-wife told investigators he appeared at one point with a Walmart bag full of bloody clothing.

The woman’s mother said they “were dirty, and she could see blood on their clothing,” according to the affidavit. She also saw blood on Ortiz’s neck and Trujillo’s face. The bags of bloody clothing were burned in a fireplace, she added.

Ortiz was convicted of drug-trafficking charges after Cindy Rivera’s disappearance and was imprisoned from 2013 to 2019. After his release, he began working for Trujillo at All American Towing in Las Vegas. But their relationship began to deteriorate, the affidavit says.

Ortiz was accused of using company credit cards for personal charges. Later, Trujillo accused Ortiz of revealing an affair to his wife and threatened to harm Ortiz’s son.

In January, Ortiz was in police custody again on suspicion of drunken driving. In April, he wanted to speak with investigators to discuss Rivera’s disappearance. And on April 30, he reached out to her family members on Facebook.

“I can honestly say I didn’t have anything to do with it but there’s a chance I could be wrong about location or he has done something else,” one Facebook message read, according to the affidavit.

As Ortiz considered discussing the case with police, Trujillo was struggling.

Trujillo’s wife approached state police May 2 with concerns that he “wanted to kill himself and Anselmo Ortiz,” the affidavit says.

Two days later, Santa Fe County deputies responded to Trujillo’s suicide in La Cienega. Investigators searching Trujillo’s phone for evidence in the Rivera case found numerous recorded conversations, one of which was particularly incriminating.

“I killed my ex-wife, Cindy Rivera, and buried her in the national forest. I’m going to tell them Chemo killed her and buried her,” Trujillo said in one conversation, according to the affidavit.

Amber Trujillo, his wife, told police the two had argued before he killed himself. Trujillo was accusing her of having an affair with Ortiz, she said, according to a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office report on the suicide.

Angela Rivera confirmed Ortiz had contacted the family in the weeks before Trujillo’s death. She said he was attempting to get full immunity and the $50,000 reward the family was offering to anyone who could help find Cindy Rivera’s body.

“It never went any further because obviously we’re not going to give him the reward nor full immunity,” she said.

The Rivera family now hopes someone will come forward with information leading to Ortiz’s arrest. I hope he’s still in jail - I can’t find any further information other than a Las Vegas article stating he was going to court Feb 2023

They are seeking justice and accountability, they said, but most of all they want to find Cindy Rivera’s body so they can lay to rest their daughter, sister and mother.
 
Feb 27, 2023

<<Prosecutors previously offered Ortiz a plea agreement in September 2022 that would have sent him to prison for 10 years. The deal was contingent on him leading law enforcement officers to Rivera’s remains, something Ortiz failed to do.

“Quite honestly, I don’t think he knows where she’s at,” Clayton said. “He was so intoxicated that night, and it’d been 10-plus years.”

Rivera was 19 when she disappeared from her mother’s home around 1 a.m. on June 29, 2012. She’d phoned her mother to say that Christopher Trujillo, her ex-husband, had shown up drunk at her home.

Police found evidence of a struggle at the home and launched an investigation into Trujillo’s involvement, but Rivera’s disappearance remained a mystery and the investigation dragged on for nearly a decade.

In May of 2021, Trujillo died by suicide. Two months later, an arrest warrant for Ortiz was issued based on recordings found on Trujillo’s cellphone in which Trujillo admitted to killing Rivera, with Ortiz’s help.>>



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