SANDRA CANTU, 8, missing since 3/27/09 Tracy, CA #1 3/28/09-4/09/09

[Leroy]

California girl, 8, disappears after playing with friend

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/california.missing.girl/


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On Monday night, Tracy police and FBI agents searched six locations, some in the mobile home park and some in Tracy, and all of them connected to two men.

Authorities did not call the men suspects, and did not name them publicly. They said both live in the mobile home park but did not say how or if they are related to Sandra.

"We're looking for evidence that will lead to the discovery of Sandra's whereabouts," Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman told reporters Monday night. "We operate on the assumption she is alive and well."

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The mobile home park has less than 100 units. There are about 80 registered sex offenders living in a five-mile radius around it. The family has not looked at the list of offenders to see if they may know any of them, Encarnacion told Nancy Grace.

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Two men questioned about missing Tracy girl
Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
 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.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/31/BA7K16PM1Q.DTL

Thanks for posting this, I saw something about this early this morning on the news, but didn't catch it all.

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thanks for the news all!
maybe we will get somewhere with all that went on yesterday...

praying really hard for this little one...

[Leroy]

Where is 8-year-old Sandra Cantu?
Girl failed to return from friend’s house; mom says, ‘I think she was taken’
 
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29970655/

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So here are the siblings:

Miranda, 11, Tommy, 15, and Simone, 20

According to this, they all live in the mobile home with Sandra.
 

 

[Leroy]

thanks for the news all!
maybe we will get somewhere with all that went on yesterday...

praying really hard for this little one...

me too Cookie

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Leroy,  the grandparents live there too right? I thought that I read that....

Wonder what Sandra did in the 2 minutes that she returned home and left again? did she grab some money or a snack?  is there a convenience store close to her home? 2 minutes is barely time to run in and run back out again...

[Leroy]

Video of Nancy Grace covering Sandra Cantu  (in case you missed it last night)

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/california.missing.girl/?iref=hpmostpop#cnnSTCVideo

[Leroy]

Leroy,  the grandparents live there too right? I thought that I read that....

Wonder what Sandra did in the 2 minutes that she returned home and left again? did she grab some money or a snack?  is there a convenience store close to her home? 2 minutes is barely time to run in and run back out again...

You are correct....the grandma, grandpa, mom and 3 siblings all live in the house with Sandra.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29970655/


I'm looking for a link about what she did when she went home for that short time....brb

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Leroy,  the grandparents live there too right? I thought that I read that....

Wonder what Sandra did in the 2 minutes that she returned home and left again? did she grab some money or a snack?  is there a convenience store close to her home? 2 minutes is barely time to run in and run back out again...

You are correct....the grandma, grandpa, mom and 3 siblings all live in the house with Sandra.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29970655/


I'm looking for a link about what she did when she went home for that short time....brb

that is a lot of people crammed into one place! is is a double wide?
even so, there are usually only 3 bedrooms....not that it matters, just occurred to me that there would not be a lot of room in there for that many people....
and with that many people living there, no one saw her when she went back in the house for about the 2 minutes that the LE said that she appeared on and off the camera?

[klaasend]

http://tracypress.com/content/view/17667/2268/

Even though this date says March 31 it may have been from last night:

written by shelly13 , March 31, 2009
Just now in breaking news they said the police checkpoint has gone and a towtruck and FBI evidence van has entered the mobile home park. Watch the news at 10pm for more.

Lots of prayers.....

[Leroy]

Spring2 - any info that hasn't been posted?? 

[no rose colored glasses]

http://tracypress.com/content/view/17667/2268/

Even though this date says March 31 it may have been from last night:

written by shelly13 , March 31, 2009
Just now in breaking news they said the police checkpoint has gone and a towtruck and FBI evidence van has entered the mobile home park. Watch the news at 10pm for more.

Lots of prayers.....

Thanks for that. I am familar with people who grab kids, and change the child's appearance, but it sounds like what was stated is to look for adults that have changed their appearance  Maybe I misunderstood, but either way it does not sound good.

[Leroy]

Police Focus On 2 Men In Search For Girl
Properties Searched In Tracy, Oakdale
POSTED: 6:01 am PDT March 31, 2009
UPDATED: 7:12 am PDT March 31, 2009


TRACY, Calif. -- Police are focusing their search for a missing 8-year-old Tracy girl on two men who live in the mobile park where she resides, authorities said.

Sandra Cantu was last seen Friday afternoon walking in Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park, located just off West Clover Road.

Authorities have also searched five properties in Tracy -- including four mobile homes in the park -- as well as a location in Oakdale. A reward for information leading to her return has grown to $7,000.

"They're looking for evidence that would lead to the discovery of Sandra's whereabouts," Tracy police Sgt. Tony Sheneman said. "Evidence has been collected, and I cannot list it until the warrant has been returned to the judge."

A representative of the girl's family said Monday that they believe she was abducted.

"I want her to know that I love her," added her mother, Maria Chavez. "I went looking for her. We're doing the best we can to find her."

Police said little about the two men they have been interviewing, other than that they live in separate mobile homes in the park and are not related.

Police have also searched rooms at the Microtel Inn and Suites, located directly across the street from the mobile home park, which has about 100 homes.

The FBI is looking at the hotel's guest list and surveillance video from the property.

Cantu was also seen on surveillance video recorded in the mobile home park. She was last seen walking from her home to a friend's home within the park.

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

Anyone with information may call the Tracy Police Department at 209-831-4550. Sheneman said anyone wishing to donate money for the reward fund may call police.

http://www.kcra.com/news/19053042/detail.html

[Blink34]

I dont even have words.

I try very hard not to be critical of LE, but if this is going the way we think, that makes all of us right all along, and Sgt. Shenemen should explain his comments from yesterday. They do not get those kinds of warrants and vehicle impounds without physical evidence, they just do not.

God Bless Sandra and her family.

[Leroy]

Community Distraught As Search For Girl Continues
Posted: 10:14 pm PDT March 30, 2009
Updated: 6:59 am PDT March 31, 2009

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Police also searched a home in the Central Valley town of Oakdale. Investigators say they obtained search warrants based on info obtained thru interviews with residents. So far, no one's been taken into custody.

Officers continue to search the trunk of each vehicle leaving the mobile home park.

Earlier Monday evening, three unmarked FBI vans and a tow truck arrived at the park. A neighbor tells KTVU he saw federal agents removing evidence from another neighbor's house and that the tow truck was preparing to remove that neighbor's vehicle.

[Leroy]

I dont even have words.

I try very hard not to be critical of LE, but if this is going the way we think, that makes all of us right all along, and Sgt. Shenemen should explain his comments from yesterday. They do not get those kinds of warrants and vehicle impounds without physical evidence, they just do not.

God Bless Sandra and her family.

i wish i could be as opptomistic as LE that she will be found safe....i cant figure out why/how they believe this??

however Shenemen did say this prior to the warrants IIRC.  wonder what he thinks now.

[no rose colored glasses]

I dont even have words.

I try very hard not to be critical of LE, but if this is going the way we think, that makes all of us right all along, and Sgt. Shenemen should explain his comments from yesterday. They do not get those kinds of warrants and vehicle impounds without physical evidence, they just do not.

God Bless Sandra and her family.

Are we going to find out what I feared, but actually this is worse then what I feared, this sounds like a child porn ring, checking out all these places  And God knows what else LE has discovered.

[Leroy]

I dont even have words.

I try very hard not to be critical of LE, but if this is going the way we think, that makes all of us right all along, and Sgt. Shenemen should explain his comments from yesterday. They do not get those kinds of warrants and vehicle impounds without physical evidence, they just do not.

God Bless Sandra and her family.

Are we going to find out what I feared, but actually this is worse then what I feared, this sounds like a child porn ring, checking out all these places  And God knows what else LE has discovered.

something so strange about them checking the hotel rooms....

[no rose colored glasses]

I dont even have words.

I try very hard not to be critical of LE, but if this is going the way we think, that makes all of us right all along, and Sgt. Shenemen should explain his comments from yesterday. They do not get those kinds of warrants and vehicle impounds without physical evidence, they just do not.

God Bless Sandra and her family.

Are we going to find out what I feared, but actually this is worse then what I feared, this sounds like a child porn ring, checking out all these places  And God knows what else LE has discovered.

something so strange about them checking the hotel rooms....

Could just be me, but I'm thinking LE has stumbled onto something big. I sure wish we would hear something about Sandra today.

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I dont even have words.

I try very hard not to be critical of LE, but if this is going the way we think, that makes all of us right all along, and Sgt. Shenemen should explain his comments from yesterday. They do not get those kinds of warrants and vehicle impounds without physical evidence, they just do not.

God Bless Sandra and her family.

Are we going to find out what I feared, but actually this is worse then what I feared, this sounds like a child porn ring, checking out all these places  And God knows what else LE has discovered.

something so strange about them checking the hotel rooms....

Could just be me, but I'm thinking LE has stumbled onto something big. I sure wish we would hear something about Sandra today.

You could very well be onto something NoRose