I found this today. It looks like her family didn't know she was missing. They also have a person of interest. The story and his picture are at the below site. God Bless Adriana.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...09/BAGNJM99D81.DTL&hw=jane+doe&sn=001&sc=1000
CASTRO VALLEY
Jane Doe at restaurant now has a first name
'Person of interest' believed to be in Southern California
More than three years after the crime, investigators said Wednesday they've discovered the first name of the young Jane Doe whose body was dumped behind a Castro Valley restaurant -- Adriana or Ariana.
Alameda County sheriff's investigators expressed optimism that they would soon confirm her identity and locate a "person of interest" in her slaying -- a former restaurant worker who may have been romantically linked to her and has fled the Bay Area.
"Obviously, we're a lot closer than we were, but we're not there yet," said sheriff's Sgt. Scott Dudek. "We've had peaks and valleys throughout this investigation, and absolutely this is a huge peak for us. By no means are we in a celebratory state."
Dudek said investigators want to question Miguel Angel Nunez-Castaneda, 27, who once worked as a dishwasher at the Carrows Restaurant at 2723 Castro Valley Blvd. The girl's body was found in May 2003, stuffed in a green canvas bag outside the establishment. She died of asphyxiation from a rag pushed down her throat, the Alameda County coroner said.
Dudek said Nunez-Castaneda may have been the slain girl's boyfriend or husband, adding that the two lived together for two to four weeks in April 2003 at a one-story cottage on Smalley Avenue in Hayward. The man last lived on West Sunset Boulevard. Both are from the Yahualica, Jalisco, region of Mexico, Dudek said, adding that a trip there by investigators is "inevitable."
Investigators learned of the girl's first name and Nunez-Castaneda's identity several months ago but waited until last week -- when he returned to the United States from his native Mexico -- to talk to him, Dudek said at a news conference. He did not disclose how investigators learned the girl's name and Nunez-Castaneda's identity.
They took his fingerprints and asked the man -- whom they knew only by the last name of Nunez at that point -- general questions before releasing him, Dudek said. It wasn't until Tuesday that authorities realized that his last name was Nunez-Castaneda and that he was in the country illegally, Dudek said.
Now they can't find him. He is not a suspect in her slaying at this point, Dudek said.
"We have a primary person of interest -- that's huge. There's no downplaying it. We're fairly confident that he has direct knowledge of this thing," Dudek said.
Nunez-Castaneda is believed to have fled to Southern California shortly before sheriff's deputies and federal immigration agents raided homes where he has lived on Smalley Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in Hayward on Tuesday, Dudek said.
Somebody stuffed a rag down the girl's throat -- probably April 22 or 23, 2003 -- then put her body in a green canvas bag and dumped it behind Carrows, where her decomposing body was found on May 1, 2003. Nunez-Castaneda apparently left the United States for Mexico a day or two after the body was discovered, but at the time authorities had no reason to focus on him, Dudek said.
Investigators learned that the girl had babysat for neighbors on Smalley Avenue; she may have had relatives in the area, Dudek said. Those relatives didn't report the girl missing because they were told that she had returned to Mexico, Dudek said.
Some residents of Smalley Avenue remembered seeing the girl and Nunez-Castaneda together, Dudek said. The witnesses never came forward in 2003 because some were illegal immigrants who feared they would be deported, while others believed that the information they had wasn't relevant, Dudek said.
Jose Reyes, 31, whose brother Luis, 29, was arrested on suspicion of possessing false documents during the raids Tuesday, expressed shock Wednesday that Nunez-Castaneda, his former roommate on West Sunset Boulevard, was wanted for questioning. Nunez-Castaneda had also worked as a dishwasher at Lyon's restaurants in Castro Valley and Milpitas, Reyes said.
"He's a good guy. He was always on time for work," Reyes said. After the girl's body was found, Nunez-Castaneda remarked that he always swept the parking lot and didn't see anything, according to Reyes.
E-mail Henry K. Lee at hlee@sfchronicle.com.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...09/BAGNJM99D81.DTL&hw=jane+doe&sn=001&sc=1000
CASTRO VALLEY
Jane Doe at restaurant now has a first name
'Person of interest' believed to be in Southern California
More than three years after the crime, investigators said Wednesday they've discovered the first name of the young Jane Doe whose body was dumped behind a Castro Valley restaurant -- Adriana or Ariana.
Alameda County sheriff's investigators expressed optimism that they would soon confirm her identity and locate a "person of interest" in her slaying -- a former restaurant worker who may have been romantically linked to her and has fled the Bay Area.
"Obviously, we're a lot closer than we were, but we're not there yet," said sheriff's Sgt. Scott Dudek. "We've had peaks and valleys throughout this investigation, and absolutely this is a huge peak for us. By no means are we in a celebratory state."
Dudek said investigators want to question Miguel Angel Nunez-Castaneda, 27, who once worked as a dishwasher at the Carrows Restaurant at 2723 Castro Valley Blvd. The girl's body was found in May 2003, stuffed in a green canvas bag outside the establishment. She died of asphyxiation from a rag pushed down her throat, the Alameda County coroner said.
Dudek said Nunez-Castaneda may have been the slain girl's boyfriend or husband, adding that the two lived together for two to four weeks in April 2003 at a one-story cottage on Smalley Avenue in Hayward. The man last lived on West Sunset Boulevard. Both are from the Yahualica, Jalisco, region of Mexico, Dudek said, adding that a trip there by investigators is "inevitable."
Investigators learned of the girl's first name and Nunez-Castaneda's identity several months ago but waited until last week -- when he returned to the United States from his native Mexico -- to talk to him, Dudek said at a news conference. He did not disclose how investigators learned the girl's name and Nunez-Castaneda's identity.
They took his fingerprints and asked the man -- whom they knew only by the last name of Nunez at that point -- general questions before releasing him, Dudek said. It wasn't until Tuesday that authorities realized that his last name was Nunez-Castaneda and that he was in the country illegally, Dudek said.
Now they can't find him. He is not a suspect in her slaying at this point, Dudek said.
"We have a primary person of interest -- that's huge. There's no downplaying it. We're fairly confident that he has direct knowledge of this thing," Dudek said.
Nunez-Castaneda is believed to have fled to Southern California shortly before sheriff's deputies and federal immigration agents raided homes where he has lived on Smalley Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in Hayward on Tuesday, Dudek said.
Somebody stuffed a rag down the girl's throat -- probably April 22 or 23, 2003 -- then put her body in a green canvas bag and dumped it behind Carrows, where her decomposing body was found on May 1, 2003. Nunez-Castaneda apparently left the United States for Mexico a day or two after the body was discovered, but at the time authorities had no reason to focus on him, Dudek said.
Investigators learned that the girl had babysat for neighbors on Smalley Avenue; she may have had relatives in the area, Dudek said. Those relatives didn't report the girl missing because they were told that she had returned to Mexico, Dudek said.
Some residents of Smalley Avenue remembered seeing the girl and Nunez-Castaneda together, Dudek said. The witnesses never came forward in 2003 because some were illegal immigrants who feared they would be deported, while others believed that the information they had wasn't relevant, Dudek said.
Jose Reyes, 31, whose brother Luis, 29, was arrested on suspicion of possessing false documents during the raids Tuesday, expressed shock Wednesday that Nunez-Castaneda, his former roommate on West Sunset Boulevard, was wanted for questioning. Nunez-Castaneda had also worked as a dishwasher at Lyon's restaurants in Castro Valley and Milpitas, Reyes said.
"He's a good guy. He was always on time for work," Reyes said. After the girl's body was found, Nunez-Castaneda remarked that he always swept the parking lot and didn't see anything, according to Reyes.
E-mail Henry K. Lee at hlee@sfchronicle.com.
