Identified! CA - Castro Valley, UID Female, 14-18, May'03 - Yesenia Nungaray

[LinasK]

Posted on Thu, Feb. 01, 2007

CASTRO VALLEY: Sheriff's Office to prepare corpse for transport to Mexican hometown of longtime Jane Doe

By Sophia Kazmi

CONTRA COSTA TIMES

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office has raised the money it needs to return the body of Yesenia Nungaray Becerra -- previously known as Castro Valley's Jane Doe -- to her hometown in Mexico to be buried near her family.

Since the 16-year-old's name was revealed in December, detectives have raised $30,000 to cover the costs to exhume, prepare and transport her body, accompanied by detectives, and hold proper funeral services in Yahualica, Mexico, where Yesenia was born and where her family lives.

On Tuesday, an anonymous donor from Foster City donated the remaining $8,000 needed to meet the fund's goal.

The Sheriff's Office is asking people interested in paying their last respects to Yesenia at Lone Tree Cemetery to do so in the next few days. Deputies plan to remove her body soon to prepare it for the trip home. Lone Tree Cemetery is at 24951 Fairview Ave. in Hayward. more at link:http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/news/16595268.htm

 

[LinasK]

Posted on Thu, Feb. 01, 2007

CASTRO VALLEY: Sheriff's Office to prepare corpse for transport to Mexican hometown of longtime Jane Doe

By Sophia Kazmi

CONTRA COSTA TIMES

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office has raised the money it needs to return the body of Yesenia Nungaray Becerra -- previously known as Castro Valley's Jane Doe -- to her hometown in Mexico to be buried near her family.

Since the 16-year-old's name was revealed in December, detectives have raised $30,000 to cover the costs to exhume, prepare and transport her body, accompanied by detectives, and hold proper funeral services in Yahualica, Mexico, where Yesenia was born and where her family lives.

On Tuesday, an anonymous donor from Foster City donated the remaining $8,000 needed to meet the fund's goal.

The Sheriff's Office is asking people interested in paying their last respects to Yesenia at Lone Tree Cemetery to do so in the next few days. Deputies plan to remove her body soon to prepare it for the trip home. Lone Tree Cemetery is at 24951 Fairview Ave. in Hayward. more at link:http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/news/16595268.htm

 

[SeriouslySearching]

That is one of the most expensive funerals I have heard of! I am glad she gets to return home to her family tho. Rest in peace.

 

[montana_16]

Posted on Thu, Feb. 01, 2007

CASTRO VALLEY: Sheriff's Office to prepare corpse for transport to Mexican hometown of longtime Jane Doe

By Sophia Kazmi

CONTRA COSTA TIMES

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office has raised the money it needs to return the body of Yesenia Nungaray Becerra -- previously known as Castro Valley's Jane Doe -- to her hometown in Mexico to be buried near her family.

Since the 16-year-old's name was revealed in December, detectives have raised $30,000 to cover the costs to exhume, prepare and transport her body, accompanied by detectives, and hold proper funeral services in Yahualica, Mexico, where Yesenia was born and where her family lives.

On Tuesday, an anonymous donor from Foster City donated the remaining $8,000 needed to meet the fund's goal.

The Sheriff's Office is asking people interested in paying their last respects to Yesenia at Lone Tree Cemetery to do so in the next few days. Deputies plan to remove her body soon to prepare it for the trip home. Lone Tree Cemetery is at 24951 Fairview Ave. in Hayward. more at link:http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/news/16595268.htm

That is so wonderful that the detectives care so much for this poor murdered girl to do this for her and her family. Bless them all. And the anonymous donor also.

 

[hoppyfrog]

The investigating officer has obviously put in a lot of effort in trying to identify this young girl. I did a check on www.missingkids.org and had an original list of 10 possibilities. Subsequent google searches led me to websites that listed more information about the disappearances, or information about tattoos, etc., that eliminated them from my list.

The only one I have left is:

Karen Jamileth Giron Molina

http://www.nampn.doenetwork.us/cases/molina_karen.html
Karen is listed as 1" shorter and listed as having black hair. Missing since January 21, 2003 from Goldsboro, NC

Karen Jamileth Giron Molina was found safe. Link:
http://www.charleyproject.org/resolved.html

Giron Molina, 14, ran away from her Goldsboro, North Carolina home on January 21, 2003. She was found safe in September 2007

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Giron Molina, 14, ran away from her Goldsboro, North Carolina home on January 21, 2003. She was found safe in September 2007

:clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap:

 

[LinasK]

POSTED: 6:25 pm PST November 6, 2007CASTRO VALLEY -- A warrant has been issued for 28-year-old Mexico native Miguel Angel Nunez-Castaneda, who is suspected of killing 16-year-old Yesenia Nungaray in Castro Valley over three years ago, Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Dudek said Tuesday.
Nungaray was murdered in 2003 but investigators were unable to identify her until December 2006. Until then, she was known as "Castro Valley Jane Doe," according to Dudek.
Investigators positively identified Nungaray when they brought her picture to her mother's house in Mexico.
Nunez-Castaneda became a suspect soon after. He was an employee in a restaurant where Nungaray's body was found and fled to Mexico after being questioned about the murder in 2006, Dudek said.
Nungaray also lived with Nunez-Castaneda for a short time in Hayward and they knew each other from Mexico.
The sheriff's office is asking the public for help in bringing Nunez-Castaneda back to the U.S. He is currently a suspect in a shooting in Mexico and may cross the border, according to Dudek.
more at link:http://www.ktvu.com/news/14527825/detail.html

 

[LinasK]

By Sophia Kazmi STAFF WRITER

Article Launched: 11/06/2007 03:08:11 PM PST
SAN LEANDRO -- Alameda County Sheriff's detectives this afternoon announced a suspect in the death of Yesenia Nungaray, who until last year was known as Castro Valley's "Jane Doe," and that a warrant for his arrest has been issued.
Miguel Angel Nunez Castaneda, 28, has been described for nearly a year as a "person of interest" in the case that had baffled investigators for almost four years. Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Dudek said today Casteneda's whereabouts are unknown, but he is believed to probably be near Yahualica, Mexico, where both he and Yesenia were from. He also is a suspect in the shooting of one of his relatives outside Yahualica about 10 days ago. Mexican police are looking for him, Dudek said, as apparently are groups of Yahualica-area citizens bent on seeing him come to justice.


Yesenia, 16, was found May 1, 2003, outside of Castro Valley restaurant, her 5-foot 1-inch body stuffed inside a green canvas bag. For nearly three and half years, detectives had no idea who she was, but they were determined to find out. Last year, detectives went to Yahualica with a bust of what the victim of the Castro Valley killing may have looked like. A local woman, Maria Del Carmen saw a flier, got in touch with detectives, and learned the victim probably was Yesenia, who had left Yahualica for the United States earlier.

In December, DNA tests confirmed what Dudek and his team of investigators believed to be true after meeting with Del Carmen in Yahualica: Their young victim's name was Yesenia. Castaneda had worked at the restaurant behind which Yesenia's body was found, and lived with her before she was killed.
more at link:http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7386272

 

[LinasK]

The TV show 48 Hours (Mystery shown on ABC) announced a promo tonight that next week they are going to profile Yesenia's case for anyone that is interested...

 

[LinasK]

Sophia Kazmi
Valley Times
Posted: 07/19/2009 01:41:04 PM PDT
Updated: 07/20/2009 07:53:15 AM PDT
CASTRO VALLEY — They have a suspect. They know where he is. They just can't get him.
Almost two years after Alameda County Sheriff's investigators named a suspect in the killing of Yesenia Nungaray Becerra, a teenager who for years was known only as Castro Valley's Jane Doe.
Suspect Miguel Angel Nunez Castaneda, 30, who has been charged with murdering Yesenia, is in Mexico, said Sgt. Scott Dudek. Informants have told Dudek's team where he is.
"He's hiding in a cave, and he's being supported with food and everyday living necessities by family members," Dudek said.
State and federal warrants out for Castaneda's arrest are useless unless he returns to the United States, Dudek said. The Sheriff's Office is working with Mexican authorities, but it is a costly and time-consuming process, Dudek said. The United States doesn't have an extradition agreement with Mexico, so it's up to officials there to determine whether to send Castaneda back to Alameda County, a process that could take as much as five years. Prosecutors also would have to agree not to seek the death penalty. more at link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12871922?nclick_check=1

 

[LinasK]

Sophia Kazmi
Valley Times
Posted: 07/19/2009 01:41:04 PM PDT
Updated: 07/20/2009 07:53:15 AM PDTCASTRO VALLEY — They have a suspect. They know where he is. They just can't get him.
Almost two years after Alameda County Sheriff's investigators named a suspect in the killing of Yesenia Nungaray Becerra, a teenager who for years was known only as Castro Valley's Jane Doe.
Suspect Miguel Angel Nunez Castaneda, 30, who has been charged with murdering Yesenia, is in Mexico, said Sgt. Scott Dudek. Informants have told Dudek's team where he is.
"He's hiding in a cave, and he's being supported with food and everyday living necessities by family members," Dudek said.
State and federal warrants out for Castaneda's arrest are useless unless he returns to the United States, Dudek said. The Sheriff's Office is working with Mexican authorities, but it is a costly and time-consuming process, Dudek said. The United States doesn't have an extradition agreement with Mexico, so it's up to officials there to determine whether to send Castaneda back to Alameda County, a process that could take as much as five years. Prosecutors also would have to agree not to seek the death penalty. more at link: www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12871922?nclick_check=1

 

[LinasK]

By Sophia Kazmi
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 02/22/2010 01:32:57 PM PST
Updated: 02/23/2010 06:59:41 AM PST

CASTRO VALLEY — The man suspected of killing a 16-year-old girl in Castro Valley has another title: one of California's most wanted fugitives.
Miguel Angel Nunez Castaneda, 30, is accused of killing Yesenia Nungaray Becerra — who for years was known simply as Castro Valley's Jane Doe — and dumping her body behind a Castro Valley restaurant in 2003.
He is one of 14 men on the state Department of Justice's most wanted list, all are accused of such crimes as murder, rape and kidnapping. Another Sheriff's Office suspect, Jose Manuel Hernandez, is also on the list. The 21-year-old is wanted in connection with a San Lorenzo homicide.
Castaneda still alludes capture two and half years after he was named a suspect in the killing of Becerra, who was 16 at the time of her death. He is believed to be hiding in a cave outside Yahualica, Mexico, said Sgt. Scott Dudek of the Alameda County Sheriffs Office. Dudek said his office is working with the Mexican government to extradite Castaneda, but the process is a slow one.
Castaneda is one of five men wanted by the Sheriff's Office who are believed to be in Mexico. more at link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/sea...contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com

 

[OkieGranny]

From March 2011:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17506086

Dudek has been an investigator in several high profile homicide cases. The most challenging and visible of which was the identification of Castro Valley's Jane Doe -- a teenage girl whose body was found folded into a duffel bag behind a Castro Valley restaurant in 2003 -- as Yesenia Nungaray Becerra...

Dudek wanted to see the man investigators believe is responsible for Yesenia's death, Miguel Angel Nunez Castaneda, to be arrested before he retired, but Castaneda remains in hiding in Mexico.

 

[bflocket]

I found this particularly interesting:
"A necklace and a note were found on Jane Doe's headstone. "The note was actually strung through the necklace, so it was attached to it. 'God loves you, it’s OK, baby girl, Jim is paying for what he did to you,'" says Dudek.

Sgt. Dudek hopes that DNA and fingerprint tests on those items will provide some answers. But it will take weeks, perhaps months, to find a match and he doesn’t want to waste any time."

Wow... could Jane Doe's killer really be named Jim? Who left the note? Or is it something else?

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: Will Forensic Reconstruction Help ID Nameless Murder Victim?
48 Hours (CBS)
1/4/2006
(page 6/7)

"The note was actually strung through the necklace, so it was attached to it. 'God loves you, it's OK, baby girl, Jim is paying for what he did to you.'"

Would Miguel Angel Nunez Castaneda be shortened to "Jim?" I wouldn't have thought so.

 

[pukasonqo2]

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: Will Forensic Reconstruction Help ID Nameless Murder Victim?
48 Hours (CBS)
1/4/2006
(page 6/7)


Would Miguel Angel Nunez Castaneda be shortened to "Jim?" I wouldn't have thought so.

i agree with you, my brother's name is miguel and it cannot be shortened, the closest is miguelito (little miguel) as a term of endearment
could he go by the name of jim? easier to pronounce and spell than miguel angel


Lupus est homini, non , quom qualis sit non novit

 

[LinasK]

i agree with you, my brother's name is miguel and it cannot be shortened, the closest is miguelito (little miguel) as a term of endearment
could he go by the name of jim? easier to pronounce and spell than miguel angel


Lupus est homini, non , quom qualis sit non novit

The English translation of the Hispanic name Miguel would usually be Michael, or Mike.

 

[LinasK]

Glad to see some renewed interest in this case. I had begun to think I was the only one who still cared... Yesenia deserved so much better!

 

[LinasK]

48 Hours on ID is doing a story on this case right now titled: The Unknown Child. RIP Yesenia!:rose::rose::rose: Vaya Con Dios.
You deserved so much better! All because you refused him- they need to catch Miguel Angel Nunez-Castaneda. Justice for Yesenia.:justice:

 

[LinasK]

i agree with you, my brother's name is miguel and it cannot be shortened, the closest is miguelito (little miguel) as a term of endearment
could he go by the name of jim? easier to pronounce and spell than miguel angel


Lupus est homini, non , quom qualis sit non novit

Jim- the name mentioned in the note has to be an alias- the Spanish for it would be Jaime. Castaneda worked at the restaurant she was dumped behind.

 

[LinasK]

This is how beautiful she was. She was killed just 3 weeks after arriving in the US because she refused Castaneda. She was only 16, and he was a family friend.