CA- Ann-Sang Thi Pham, 5, Abducted/strangled on way to school, Seaside, 21 Jan 1982 *Charged in 2022*

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Jan 26 2022 rbbm.
Seaside reopens Cold Case involving murder of 5-year-old – KION546
''SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Seaside Police is partnering with the Monterey County District Attorney's Office to look into a cold case from the 1980's where a 5-year-old girl was found murdered.

Anne Pham left her home in Seaside to walk to her class at Highland Elementary School back on January 21, 1982.
Pham, who lived just a couple of blocks away from the school, never got there.
Seaside Police said Army CID investigators found Pham's body in the former Fort Ord area two days later.
Through further investigation, police found Pham was "abducted, assaulted and murdered."
Despite work from Seaside PD and the FBI, the case eventually went cold. Seaside Police said new leads have surfaced, resulting in the reopening of this case.
The Monterey County District Attorney's Office Cold Case Task Force is partnering with Seaside PD as a result.

Anyone with information regarding the case, please contact any of the investigators below:

Sergeant Matthew Doza (Seaside PD) – (831) 899-6751

Acting Chief Nicholas Borges (Seaside PD) – (831) 899-6892

Matthew L’Heureux (Monterey County DA’s Office) - (831) 755-5267

Anonymous Tip-Line – (831) 899-6282''

 

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Jan 31 2022
Monterey County police department reopens 40-year-old cold case involving death of 5-year-old (mercurynews.com)
''Her murder had been investigated by the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigations Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Seaside Police Department, but eventually went cold.

“This is one of the most disturbing cold cases we’ve had,” Borges said in an interview with The Herald on Thursday. “Going through all our files, it’s clear there is a monster involved. And while I can’t get into specifics, there is a lot of evidence and I am hopeful we can bring justice for that beautiful little angel.”

''Her parents were refugees from Vietnam when the country fell to North Vietnamese forces in 1975. Her father, Tuong Pham, was a South Vietnamese soldier who escaped with his wife and children on a 60-foot boat filled with 200 people when the U.S. left. Anne-Sang was the first of their children to be born in the U.S.

The family had moved to Seaside so Tuong Pham could make a living as a fisherman. Four years after moving to the Monterey Peninsula, their daughter was savagely murdered.''

 

[Richard]

Anne-Sang Thi Pham
SEASIDE — A 40-year-old cold case involving the murder of 5-year-old Anne-Sang Thi Pham, who was strangled to death and dumped in brush in Fort Ord in 1982, has been reopened.

A law enforcement collaboration between Seaside police investigators and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office’s Cold Case Task Force announced on Wednesday they had reopened the case. Very little information is being released, with law enforcement citing the need to keep most aspects of the investigation confidential so as not to impair the case.

Deputy District Attorney Matthew L’Heureux, who heads up the Cold Case Task Force, on Thursday declined to comment on whether new physical evidence has been uncovered or whether individuals have come forward. When asked if new DNA analysis was a factor in reopening the case, L’Heureux would only say that “DNA is something we look for in any case.”...

LINK:
Monterey County police department reopens 40-year-old cold case involving death of 5-year-old - The News Motion

 

[faithx]

Soldier Arrested 40 Years After Girl, 5, Was Abducted on Her Way to School and Later Found Dead

“The guy is a complete monster,” Seaside Police Chief Nicholas Borges tells PEOPLE. “He's every person's nightmare. The world is a safer place with this guy off the streets”

people.com

"A Nevada man has been arrested and charged with the decades-old murder of Anne Pham, the 5-year-old elementary school student who was abducted on her way to her kindergarten class.

Robert John Lanoue, 70, a former Fort Ord soldier, was charged July 7 with one count of first-degree murder, with special circumstance allegations that he killed Anne while committing kidnapping and a lewd act on a child under the age of 14."

 

[CeCeMoore]

Soldier Arrested 40 Years After Girl, 5, Was Abducted on Her Way to School and Later Found Dead

“The guy is a complete monster,” Seaside Police Chief Nicholas Borges tells PEOPLE. “He's every person's nightmare. The world is a safer place with this guy off the streets”

people.com

"A Nevada man has been arrested and charged with the decades-old murder of Anne Pham, the 5-year-old elementary school student who was abducted on her way to her kindergarten class.

Robert John Lanoue, 70, a former Fort Ord soldier, was charged July 7 with one count of first-degree murder, with special circumstance allegations that he killed Anne while committing kidnapping and a lewd act on a child under the age of 14."

This is a groundbreaking case that involved extracting the suspect's DNA from a rootless hair (as reported in this People Mag article). Astrea Forensics did that innovative labwork, which then allowed me to do the genetic genealogy analysis. While there have been a couple of other successful IDs using rootless hair, in those cases there was no prosecution because the suspect was deceased or already in prison. This will be an important case as the first to have an arrest and prosecution of a suspect who was identified through this process and we will be watching it's progress closely.

 

[faithx]

This is a groundbreaking case that involved extracting the suspect's DNA from a rootless hair (as reported in this People Mag article). Astrea Forensics did that innovative labwork, which then allowed me to do the genetic genealogy analysis. While there have been a couple of other successful IDs using rootless hair, in those cases there was no prosecution because the suspect was deceased or already in prison. This will be an important case as the first to have an arrest and prosecution of a suspect who was identified through this process and we will be watching it's progress closely.

Thank you CeCe, you and everyone else involved did an amazing job!

 

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Robert Lanoue

Cold case murder of Seaside girl Anne Pham solved; 70-year-old Nevada man arrested

A 70-year-old Nevada man has been charged with murder for the killing of a five-year-old girl in Seaside 40 years ago, according to the Monterey County District Attorney's Office.

www.cbsnews.com

''SEASIDE -- A 70-year-old Nevada man has been charged with murder for the killing of a five-year-old girl in Seaside 40 years ago, according to the Monterey County District Attorney's Office.

Robert Lanoue, a Reno resident, is accused of killing Anne Pham, who disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class at Highland Elementary School on Jan. 21, 1982, and was found dead two days later at the former Ford Ord, prosecutors said Thursday.''

''Authorities obtained a warrant on Wednesday for Lanoue's arrest. He is being held in custody in Nevada pending extradition to California, where he will be charged with first-degree murder with special circumstance allegations that he killed her while committing kidnapping and a lewd act on a child under 14 years old, prosecutors said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call district attorney's investigator Justin Bell at (831) 755-5070. More information about the cold case task force can be found at Cold Case Task Force | Monterey County, CA.''

 

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Investigators obtained a warrant for Lanoue's arrest in July and he is currently being held in Nevada pending an extradition to California.

Lanoue has already spent more than 20 years in prison for other sexual assault charges and was in jail for violating his probation at the time of his arrest for this case.

Lanoue has been charged with one count of first-degree murder along with special circumstance allegations that he killed her while committing a kidnapping and a lewd act on a child under the age of 14.

Nevada man charged in 1982 cold case murder of 5-year-old California girl

70-year-old Robert Lanoue of Reno, Nevada has been arrested for the abduction and murder of 5-year-old Anne Pham who disappeared while walking to school forty years ago.

www.foxnews.com

 

[formerlyme]

Thankful for the technology and the tenacity of investigators to bring these long ago offenders to justice.

 

[LadyL]

thankful for justice for little Ann

 

[MajorHoople]

Cold case cops charge man, 70, over 1982 murder of girl, 5

A 70-year-old Nevada man has been charged over the 1982 murder of a five-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her reception class in California.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"A 70-year-old Nevada man has been charged over the 1982 murder of a five-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her reception class in California.

Robert John Lanoue, of Reno, Nevada, was charged last week in the killing of Anne Pham.

Anne vanished while walking to Highland Elementary School in Seaside, California, on January 21, 1982 after previously having pleaded with family members to let her walk to school alone."

 

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FILE - In this image provided by the Seaside Police Department, interim Police Chief Nick Borges, second from right, and Det. Joshua Parker, right, stand next to a photo of Anne Pham outside Highland Elementary School in Seaside, Calif., on July 7, 2022. Robert Lanoue, who was arrested in Reno, Nev., was extradited Friday, July 22, 2022, to California, where he entered a not guilty plea in the 1982 killing of a 5-year-old Anne Pham. The child disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class in Seaside, Calif. Her body was found two days later in the former Fort Ord.

Cold Case Girl Killed

FILE - In this image provided by the Seaside Police Department, interim Police Chief Nick Borges, second from right, and Det. Joshua Parker, right, stand next to a photo of

www.clintonherald.com

A 70-year-old Nevada man charged in the 1982 killing of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class was extradited Friday to California, where he entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment, prosecutors said.

Robert John Lanoue, who is a registered sex offender, was arrested earlier this month in Reno, Nevada, in the killing of Anne Pham after detectives say they solved the cold case using DNA evidence.

The child disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class in Seaside, California. Her body was found two days later in the former Ford Ord. She had been kidnapped, sexually assaulted and strangled, California authorities said.

Lanoue was assigned a public defender, said Monterey County prosecutor Matt L’Heureux. The Monterey County Public Defender’s office did not immediately return a call seeking comment Friday.

Lanoue was 29 years old at the time of the girl’s killing and lived near her home in Seaside, authorities said.

Man pleads not guilty in 1982 killing of child in California

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — A 70-year-old Nevada man charged in the 1982 killing of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class was extradited Friday to California, where he entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment, prosecutors said.

apnews.com

 

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July 22 2022

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jul/22/nevada-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-1982-killing-of-ch/

''MONTEREY, Calif. — A 70-year-old Reno man charged in the 1982 killing of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class was extradited Friday to California, where he entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment, prosecutors said.''

 

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[JerseyGirl]

Accused Seaside cold case killer pleads not guilty in first court appearance

The Reno man charged in the 1983 killing of 5-year-old Anne Pham of Seaside is now in Monterey County Jail.

www.ksbw.com

Because Lanoue’s case is now potentially a capital punishment case the judge revoked Lanoue’s $1 million bail and ordered the accused killer to be held in the Monterey County jail on a no-bail hold.

 

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Nov 21 2022

 

[wendybtn]

He was 30 years old at the time of this child's assault and murder. I assume authorities will look at the possibility of other like crimes everywhere this man has lived or visited, if known.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Soldier Arrested 40 Years After Girl, 5, Was Abducted on Her Way to School and Later Found Dead

“The guy is a complete monster,” Seaside Police Chief Nicholas Borges tells PEOPLE. “He's every person's nightmare. The world is a safer place with this guy off the streets”

people.com

"A Nevada man has been arrested and charged with the decades-old murder of Anne Pham, the 5-year-old elementary school student who was abducted on her way to her kindergarten class.

Robert John Lanoue, 70, a former Fort Ord soldier, was charged July 7 with one count of first-degree murder, with special circumstance allegations that he killed Anne while committing kidnapping and a lewd act on a child under the age of 14."

ugh this reminds me of lovely bones. the pinche neighbor, sick....