CA Danielle Rico, 39, missing under suspicious circumstances, Hemet, 21 August 2022

[j_in_c]

Six Months After Disappearance, Police Continue to Search for Hemet Mother of Two

Six months after her disappearance family members and police continue to search for a missing Hemet mother.

www.nbclosangeles.com

Have not found any further updates, family appears to have set up this site to get the word out:
Daniellerico.com

 

[j_in_c]

Potential match from Alpine posted in Maya Killers thread :

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I believe this is sa.e UID mentioned in this article

https://thecoastnews.com/sheriffs-deputies-recover-human-skeletal-remains-in-alpine/

 

[Pennysmom1]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP102031

View NamUs missing person case MP102031 for Danielle Roselie Rico missing from Valle Vista, California. Date of last contact: Aug 21, 2022. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Danielle Rosalie Rico – The Charley Project

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Rico, circa 2022

• Missing Since 08/14/2022
• Missing From Valley Vista, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Hispanic
• Date of Birth 03/19/1983 (40)
• Age 39 years old
• Height and Weight 5'2, 140 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A ring.
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• Medical Conditions Rico has a history of drug abuse and she is in need of her medication.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Rico has a tattoo of a fairy on her back, a tattoo of her children's footprints on her shoulders, and a scar on her forearm. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance​

Rico was last seen in Valley Vista, California on August 14, 2022. She left home saying she was going to pick up her car, which was being repaired, and would be right back. She never returned home and has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case, but her family believes she met with foul play.

Investigating Agency​

• Riverside County Sheriff's Department 951-955-2450

Source Information​

• California Attorney General's Office
• ArcticFox True Crime
• NBC Los Angeles

Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated August 23, 2023; casefile added.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Help Find Danielle Rico

daniellerico.com

 

[Minasmom]

CBS article:

Detectives still searching for Hemet woman who disappeared under "suspicious" circumstances two years ago

Danielle Rosalie Rico, 40, was last seen on Aug. 14, 2022 in Valle Vista. Investigators say that the circumstances surrounding her disappearance are suspicious and they believe she may have been the victim of foul play.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 27, 2024

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/riverside-county-homicide-investigators-search-for-woman-missing-since-2022/

Hemet Sheriff’s Station investigators determined Rico’s disappearance to be suspicious and requested the county’s Central Homicide Unit to assume the search.

To date, Rico remains missing and the unit is seeking the public’s assistance with the unknown circumstances of her case.

 

[borndem]

Her disappearance has been deemed suspicious by investigators. SMH.
Hoping LE will do what they can to see that she is found. Also hoping that she will communicate with family or LE.

 

[truthfinder2019]

She is described as standing around 5-foot-2 and weighing about 140 pounds. She has brown eyes and hair and has a noticeable scar on her left forearm, a deformity to her left wrist and a tattoo of a large fairy sitting on a mushroom on her back. She also has children's feet tattooed on one of her shoulders and other tattoos on her wrists, according to the California Department of Justice.

Detectives still searching for Hemet woman who disappeared under "suspicious" circumstances two years ago

Danielle Rosalie Rico, 40, was last seen on Aug. 14, 2022 in Valle Vista. Investigators say that the circumstances surrounding her disappearance are suspicious and they believe she may have been the victim of foul play.

www.cbsnews.com

DOB 03/19/1983

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLWQ-QFX

Edit to add that she wears rings on every finger

MISSING SINCE:	08/14/2022	SEX:	Female
DOB:	03/19/1983	RACE:	Hispanic
HEIGHT:	5' 2"	EYES:	Brown
WEIGHT:	140 lbs.	HAIR:	Brown
SCARS/MARKS/TATTOO:	Scar on left forearm, deformity to left wrist area, a large fairy sitting on a mushroom tattooed on back, kids feet tattooed on unknown shoulder, unknown tattoos on both wrists
JEWELRY:	Wears rings on every finger
DENTAL X-RAYS AVAILABLE:	Yes
Danielle Rosalie Rico's date of last contact is August 14, 2022.

Contact

AGENCY:	Riverside County Sheriff's Department
PHONE NUMBER:	(951) 955-2450
CASE NUMBER:	D--222570037

Danielle Rosalie Rico

oag.ca.gov

 

[truthfinder2019]

She appears to have had troubles with justice before her disappearance

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More details from her mum and photos in the below article, I c/p some relevant passages

Mother determined to find daughter, Danielle Rico, who vanished in Riverside County, California in August of 2022

The 39-year-old mother of two was last seen on August 21, 2022 in the Valle Vista area of Hemet.

www.nbcnews.com

Billie said she reached out to Danielle’s boyfriend to ask if Danielle was OK, but he told her they had been broken up for a month.

Billie also mentioned that when Danielle visited her on August 21, 2022, there was a man with her daughter whom she didn’t recognize. “He didn’t come in,” Billie said, adding that Danielle told her he was just a friend.
Dateline attempted to contact both men, but was unable to get in touch with either of them for comment.

Billie told Dateline that in November of 2022, a few months after Danielle disappeared, she received screenshots from several of her daughter’s friends showing messages they’d gotten from her Facebook account. Billie does not believe the messages were actually sent by her daughter.

“I’ve heard 10,000 different rumors, but nobody will come forward. I’ve heard the most horrific stories of what could have happened to your child that you wouldn’t believe,” Billie told Dateline. “It’s just such a messy story. I start talking about it myself, and I just seem to get lost.”
At the end of the day, Billie said, she is tired of it. “It’s a lot to bear,” she said, adding that she just wants her daughter home.

 

[truthfinder2019]

(Source Mother determined to find daughter, Danielle Rico, who vanished in Riverside County, California in August of 2022)


Noteworthy information from the above is that

 

[truthfinder2019]

It doesn’t look good at all. Always the same stories, with last people seeing victim changing their story or using/disposing of property left behind such as bank card, car, etc.
I could not a POI named in the case, strangely enough