Farmworker who discovered suitcase to get reward

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http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6796245

TRACY, CA (KGO) -- The farm worker who found a suitcase containing the remains of a kidnapped Tracy girl will receive $20,000 in reward money.
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He says he'll use the money to help put his kids through college.
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well good for him :clap:

also:

LA Psychic Makes Claim On Cantu Reward Money

A Los Angeles psychic is claiming she should receive some of the reward money in the Sandra Cantu case because of her predictions.
Dani Pedlow says she was contacted by a Tracy resident and sent her text and e-mail messages.

Dani Pedlow says she was contacted by a Tracy resident and sent her text and e-mail messages.

...Pedlow says she described the location of Cantu's body to the woman and said that Cantu was killed in a church.
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http://www.ktvu.com/news/19339071/detail.html
not sure what to think about this..
 
r0tflcopter said:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6796245





well good for him :clap:

also:

LA Psychic Makes Claim On Cantu Reward Money


http://www.ktvu.com/news/19339071/detail.html
not sure what to think about this..
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Good for him. The farmworker deserves it, the psychic doesn't! She didn't report her findings to the police, she claimed Sandra was in a "canyon", and her visions didn't lead to finding Sandra's body!!! Just someone who wants her 15 min. of fame.:mad:
 
Farmworker, You deserve this reward
Psychic, Inappropriate! :(
God bless Sandra & her family.
 
Ths psychic just incanted and babbled, she didn't find Sandra, the farm worker physically found the suitcase. He deserves the reward. Even if he didn't open the suitcase, he had to of known what it was and been very traumatized by the whole thing.
 
Thats an awful lot of money I wish some could be set aside for Sandra's siblings. They have a very long road to recovery
 
You know, I've had it up to here with these people, between the trolls and psychics coming out of the woodwork in the Brittanee Drexel case and the thousands of useless and rediculous tips called into crime stoppers and LE in the Anthony case. Sure it's obvious what tips should and shouldn't be followed up on, but someone had to work the phones, sort through the emails and retrieve the faxes. How is a legit tip supposed to get through with that kind of mess clogging up the resources?
 
SuziQ said:
You know, I've had it up to here with these people, between the trolls and psychics coming out of the woodwork in the Brittanee Drexel case and the thousands of useless and rediculous tips called into crime stoppers and LE in the Anthony case. Sure it's obvious what tips should and shouldn't be followed up on, but someone had to work the phones, sort through the emails and retrieve the faxes. How is a legit tip supposed to get through with that kind of mess clogging up the resources?
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I hear you! I'm actually not a total disbeliever in psychics, and I do belive that some of them are the real thing. :cow: is that women like this make legit psychics look bad. I really do think there are WAY to many people that KNOWINGLY call in tips (psychic and otherwise) they know are false.

Its sickening, the couple of seconds it takes for a wacko to make a call translates to LE having to deal with one more obstacle to finding these kids. To those kids even a few seconds can be the difference between life and death!

I came to Websleuth's AFTER little Kaylee Anthony was found. As I read through everything, Astro thread included, that was posted BEFORE Kaylee was found I was amazed at how many Websleuthers were saying things that matched up with where she eventually was found. I haven't heard of any Websleuthers trying to claim reward money.

:confused: Is this woman trying to use the media attention paid to everything about Sandra's case to gain client's, people with missing loved one's she is going to exploit, what's the deal? :mad:
 
SuziQ said:
You know, I've had it up to here with these people, between the trolls and psychics coming out of the woodwork in the Brittanee Drexel case and the thousands of useless and rediculous tips called into crime stoppers and LE in the Anthony case. Sure it's obvious what tips should and shouldn't be followed up on, but someone had to work the phones, sort through the emails and retrieve the faxes. How is a legit tip supposed to get through with that kind of mess clogging up the resources?
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A-freaking-men!

Being as taxpayers fund every aspect of LE, it is OUR money being wasted to deal with such useless tips. Look at Caylee's case: if I remember correctly, the LE tipline handled a ridiculous amount of psychic tips...
 
From the article:

Tracy police say they never had any contact with Pedlow and didn't use any information from psychics during the investigation.

Some people have no shame, and an extraordinary amount of greed. It is so hard for me to understand.
 
well... If she were any good, she would have already known that she wasn't getting the $...
 
It will follow, I think, that the farmworker, just like the meter reader in the Casey Anthony case, will be accused by the defense of being the real murderer.
 
Elphaba said:
A-freaking-men!

Being as taxpayers fund every aspect of LE, it is OUR money being wasted to deal with such useless tips. Look at Caylee's case: if I remember correctly, the LE tipline handled a ridiculous amount of psychic tips...
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Thousands, IIRC.
 
The farmworker who found the suitcase absolutely deserves the reward funds. jmo:clap: In addition, it was a smart move on his part not to open it.
 
By Elizabeth Croisetiere
San Joaquin Herald
Posted: 05/07/2009 12:15:01 PM PDT
Updated: 05/07/2009 12:22:41 PM PDT


TRACY — In a private ceremony this morning, a Tracy farm worker was presented with more $20,000 in reward money from the Carole Sund/Carrington Foundation for discovering a suitcase which contained the body of a missing 8-year-old Tracy girl.
Jose Luis Franco, 40, who on April 6 found the suitcase floating in a pond he was working at, initially declined the reward, saying he wanted the money to be given to Sandra Cantu's family. However, because of the foundation's bylaws, the money must go directly to him.
Scott Webb, executive director of the foundation, said there are no restrictions on how the money can be spent, and Franco has indicated it will go toward his children's education.
On Wednesday Tracy police issued a press release inviting the media to a public ceremony to honor Franco while he received his reward, but this morning, 30 minutes before the ceremony was scheduled to begin, they announced that he had opted for a private ceremony. more at link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12317724
 
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090508/A_NEWS/905080394/-1/A_NEWS

'Most terrible day in our lives'
Tracy man, his wife heartbroken by his discovery of suitcase with Sandra Cantu's body inside


Jose Luis Franco wasn't prepared for what surfaced in the irrigation pond he drained the morning of April 6 at Bachetti & Silva Dairy Farms.

Franco was enjoying the sunny day when he emptied the ditch surrounded by miles of grassy fields just north of the Tracy Boulevard exit off Interstate 205. Until he discovered the suitcase...

...Franco tried pulling the suitcase out of the water, but it was too heavy...

...Sgt. Tony Sheneman, a Tracy police spokesman, told reporters that the farm worker was reluctant at first and asked that the reward money be given to Sandra's family. But that's not the organization's policy, so the money went to him, said Scott Webb, director of the foundation...

...Margarita Franco said she and her husband are in the process of becoming legal residents, but their four children - Alondra, 3; Jorge, 5; Maria, 8; and Miguel, 11 - are U.S. citizens, all having been born in Tracy.

The parents plan to use the reward money to set up college funds for their children...
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Interesting article I recommend it.
 
Kat said:
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090508/A_NEWS/905080394/-1/A_NEWS

'Most terrible day in our lives'
Tracy man, his wife heartbroken by his discovery of suitcase with Sandra Cantu's body inside




Interesting article I recommend it.
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Thank you for the article, Kat. I've been so stunned with my own reaction to Sandra's death and the circumstances surrounding it, that I never considered the horrible nightmare it must have been for the worker that discovered her. I've just assumed that he saw the suitcase. Seeing it is one thing but trying to pull it from the water really is another. It is difficult for LE, but they are unfortunately prepared to deal with these tragedies-- and they don't get paid enough for what they endure on a day to day basis.

Mr. Franco was not looking for public attention or fame like a certain <ahem> bounty hunter <ahem> who's name I won't mention <ahem> except to say it rhymes with casadilla <ahem> <ahem>. Its possible that he had much more to lose than he had to gain. You can't put a monitary value on what he did.
 
I know it's trite to say this after not reading this thread before now, but I am so glad that the reward went to the person who found the suitcase/ body.
He had to be overcome by the smell, and sick at heart later by the outcome.

I hope his children all receive a college education and grow up to be wonderful productive adults. He and they deserve the best out of this horrific tragedy.
 
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