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I think they said January 2011 . . . just over one year
Deceased/Not Found CA - Sierra LaMar, 15, Morgan Hill, 16 March 2012 #16 *A. Garcia-Torres guilty*
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I think they said January 2011 . . . just over one year
I really think her mentioning the other cases is either to let us know they are on to him so ... speak up. OR if he in fact was not part of these, to pressure him into admitting, and providing them with the details of Sierra.
Shades of John Gardner---I would bet Sierra is lying in a shallow grave somewhere. The where should be reasonably close to Sierra's home or the perps home...If they check his work schedule etc they may turn up a decent time line. A married father of one who works probably doesn't have time to drive a great distance.
My deepest condolences to this yioung lady's family. I have always known she wasn't a runaway----have always felt she was tasered and abducted. With this guys size she didn't stand a chance!!!!!! I'm so so sorry for her family!!!!!
My deepest condolences to this yioung lady's family. I have always known she wasn't a runaway----have always felt she was tasered and abducted. With this guys size she didn't stand a chance!!!!!! I'm so so sorry for her family!!!!!
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That is such a high number of missing kids from one area. Can someone who gets along better with the WS search than I do, do a search to see how many case we have here?
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In the presser she said she couldn't remember. :banghead:
I had thought about a tazer being used too. Ugh, I hope not.
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Yes that is what I heard too.
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I will be transcribing the PC from today ASAP and will post when I'm done.
Monday, May 21, 2012
http://www.kionrightnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=18578011
May 21 more @ link
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/...g-News--Arrest-in-Sierra-Lamar-Case/152462965
May 21 Sheriff Laurie Smith interview
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I just wanted to alert the media that we have arrested a suspect in the kidnapping of Sierra LaMar. His name is Antolin Garcia. We will be doing a press conference tomorrow morning to provide more details but he has been arrested.
Q: This car is connected to Antolin Garcia?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: The car- the red car is the car that belongs to Antolin Garcia.
Q: Sheriff Smith, once again- can you tell us who is in custody and what he is being booked for at this hour?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We have arrested Antolin Garcia-Torres. He's been arrested for murder and kidnapping. He was booked a little earlier this evening and we're continuing the investigation.
Q: What is the connection between Garcia and Sierra LaMar?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We'll release some of the information tomorrow on what we have because we do want to fill you in on everything that we can. So we'll save that for tomorrow. But we have a lot of physical evidence that connects the two.
Q: Part of that physical evidence is apparently this 1990's red VW Jetta. Can you tell us more about that and who the registered owner of that vehicle is.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He is the registered owner. We have had the car, and we were looking for anyone that had seen where that car was. We still want more information, if there is any witnesses.
Q: You talked about physical evidence. There were some reports that there was DNA evidence. Can you talk to us about that?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: As far as DNA, and other physical evidence, we'll talk about that tomorrow. Right now I think it's just important we let you know that we have made an arrest and the person has been booked into jail.
Q: Why this evening?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He was arrested today because this is how that we thought the arrest should be done, and public safety is our main concern. We don't want anyone else hurt. We don't want any more little girls taken.
Q: Sheriff, have you reached out to the family and what are they saying to you?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: This is very very difficult for the family. The family has been very very supportive all along. They understand. We kept them apprised of everything that has happened in the investigation all along. We think it's important that they know. It's very difficult for them. Tomorrow when we do the press conference, the family will be there.
Q: Has he been under surveillance? For how long?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Again, we will address that tomorrow. He has been under surveillance, and we'll fill you in on a lot of the details when we do the press conference tomorrow.
Q: The fact that he's charged with murder, what does that mean to you?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He's been charged with murder. That means that we believe- we have- um, probable cause to believe that he committed the kidnapping and murder of Sierra LaMar.
Q: And once again, you said that the physical evidence- you're not commenting on whether there is DNA- did you find evidence in that red Jetta?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We certainly have evidence in the case. We have evidence- evidence from many sources, and again, we'll let you know tomorrow. We've not found Sierra yet and we're asking the public to continue- please look for her. Please find Sierra for us.
Q: Is there any evidence in the car to suggest that Sierra LaMar is still alive?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I think that we have to do that tomorrow and fill you in on those details. But, no.
Q: You do not believe that she is alive.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We're charging the suspect with murder.
Q: So again, can you tell us how that arrest was effected- of Mr. Garcia-Torres. And where?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Again, if you can just give us until tomorrow morning. It's been a long day for all of us. It's been a long day for our detectives. We'll have the family here tomorrow. We'll be better prepared than we are right now and we'll release everything that we can release to you.
Q: Detectives have worked nonstop around the clock.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: There is a lot of heroes in this department. Detectives are the heroes. The person that first showed up at the scene is a hero- that knew that this was not a runaway child. And our search and rescue team, they found the evidence that they found so early into the investigation. A lot of people have worked very hard and they've done a wonderful job.
http://www.kron4.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=4200
May 21 Sheriff Laurie Smith interview
Q: An arrest has been made, can you first tell us who is in custody and on what charges is he-
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We've arrested Antolin Garcia-Torres. We've arrested him for murder and kidnapping. He was booked a couple of hours ago in the jail.
Q: Now, for a number of weeks, there have been photos released to the media of a red Jetta. Can you tell us what connection the suspect has to that red Jetta?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: The red Jetta is his car. We've had his car. We just are looking for people still to tell us- where have you seen the Jetta? What have you seen it doing? Where have you seen our suspect Antolin Garcia-Torres? We need information. Uh, we have credible, good information now but we need more - and tomorrow morning we'll be able to provide you with a lot of the particulars at the press conference - and, uh- Sierra's family will be there too and I imagine it's very, very difficult for them.
Q: Difficult, saddening as well- when you say that you've made an arrest for murder. So it seems to suggest that you believe that LaMar is no longer alive.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: That's correct.
Q: Is there anything you could talk to us about- evidence that seems to suggest why you believe that this is a murder?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I think that we'll be able to fill that in tomorrow and tell you why- what led to the arrest, the information that we have - and - but we would like to do that tomorrow where we can be better organized. We can have the family there and we can do- in an organized manner. But, it's important that you know that an arrest has been made.
Q: Sheriff, can you tell us where he was arrested at?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He was arrested in Morgan Hill in a shop- in a business shopping center.
Q: We heard Safeway- is that where he's employed?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He's not employed there. Um, that was something that was put out earlier that I don't think is correct.
Q: Sheriff, there was a lot of conflicting information a few weeks ago with the release of the vehicle, the picture was put out there but not really telling who the registered owner is- we'd like to clarify some of that.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Yes. It was never our intent to mislead the media. We went back and read what we put out, and I can understand how it did mislead- but what we were looking for is who has seen the car- whether it was before the crime, on the day of the crime or after the crime- because we were looking for information. We were not looking for the car. And the following day we clarified that we actually did have the car and weren't looking for it. I think it was our fault for putting information out that looked misleading but it certainly wasn't our intent.
Q: You said you had the car in your possession, so that also means that you knew who the registered owner is or was-
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Yes.
Q: - was he then also under surveillance?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: There has been a lot of surveillance. We've surveilled several people, including our suspect that we've arrested and w- we will comment tomorrow more on that.
Q: But you believe he was a danger- and in turn moved in for the arrest tonight?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: If he's a suspect in a murder and kidnapping of a young girl, he's very dangerous and we think that it's important that he's in custody. Surveillance is not perfect. We decided to make the arrest and we believe we have sufficient evidence- not only to arrest, but for a successful prosecution.
Q: Does this individual have any prior contact with police- any arrests?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Um, we'll comment on that tomorrow.
Q: Does he have any sort of past relationship with Sierra?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We'll comment on that tomorrow. Sorry guys.
Q: The family has been made aware of this arrest?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We've been communicating all along with the family, and keeping them updated on everything that we've been doing. The family's been cooperative, it's very very difficult time for them.
Q: I was going to say, you've been able to speak with obviously Sierra's mother-
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Yes.
Q: Describe her state tonight- what the mood is.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We'll cover that tomorrow, and- and- I haven't talked to her today.
Q: Sheriff, can you at least say if the suspect knew the victim?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I don't want to say that.
Q: How do you feel? This has been a long- this goes back to March 16th. What does this mean for your investigators and for your department?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Well, I'm really really proud of the dedication, the hard work our investigators have done. They've worked tireless. Uh- we've had 24 hour day operations on many things- I'm really really proud of them. How does it make me feel? We potentially- or we do have a dead child. I can't feel good about that- but I'm happy that we can bring someone to justice.
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/raw-video-sierra-la-mar-suspect-antolin-garcia/vHPHb/
May 21 Antolin Garcia-Torres leaves Sheriff's headquarters raw video
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/suspect-taken-custody-sierra-la-mar-case/nPBX3/
May 21 more @ link
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/BAGC1OLIUT.DTL
May 21 more @ link
http://www.contracostatimes.com/cri...ts-21-year-old-detained-connection?source=rss
May 21 more @ link
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8671450
May 21 more @ link
Monday, May 21, 2012
http://www.kionrightnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=18578011
May 21 more @ link
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/...g-News--Arrest-in-Sierra-Lamar-Case/152462965
May 21 Sheriff Laurie Smith interview
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I just wanted to alert the media that we have arrested a suspect in the kidnapping of Sierra LaMar. His name is Antolin Garcia. We will be doing a press conference tomorrow morning to provide more details but he has been arrested.
Q: This car is connected to Antolin Garcia?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: The car- the red car is the car that belongs to Antolin Garcia.
Q: Sheriff Smith, once again- can you tell us who is in custody and what he is being booked for at this hour?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We have arrested Antolin Garcia-Torres. He's been arrested for murder and kidnapping. He was booked a little earlier this evening and we're continuing the investigation.
Q: What is the connection between Garcia and Sierra LaMar?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We'll release some of the information tomorrow on what we have because we do want to fill you in on everything that we can. So we'll save that for tomorrow. But we have a lot of physical evidence that connects the two.
Q: Part of that physical evidence is apparently this 1990's red VW Jetta. Can you tell us more about that and who the registered owner of that vehicle is.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He is the registered owner. We have had the car, and we were looking for anyone that had seen where that car was. We still want more information, if there is any witnesses.
Q: You talked about physical evidence. There were some reports that there was DNA evidence. Can you talk to us about that?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: As far as DNA, and other physical evidence, we'll talk about that tomorrow. Right now I think it's just important we let you know that we have made an arrest and the person has been booked into jail.
Q: Why this evening?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He was arrested today because this is how that we thought the arrest should be done, and public safety is our main concern. We don't want anyone else hurt. We don't want any more little girls taken.
Q: Sheriff, have you reached out to the family and what are they saying to you?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: This is very very difficult for the family. The family has been very very supportive all along. They understand. We kept them apprised of everything that has happened in the investigation all along. We think it's important that they know. It's very difficult for them. Tomorrow when we do the press conference, the family will be there.
Q: Has he been under surveillance? For how long?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Again, we will address that tomorrow. He has been under surveillance, and we'll fill you in on a lot of the details when we do the press conference tomorrow.
Q: The fact that he's charged with murder, what does that mean to you?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He's been charged with murder. That means that we believe- we have- um, probable cause to believe that he committed the kidnapping and murder of Sierra LaMar.
Q: And once again, you said that the physical evidence- you're not commenting on whether there is DNA- did you find evidence in that red Jetta?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We certainly have evidence in the case. We have evidence- evidence from many sources, and again, we'll let you know tomorrow. We've not found Sierra yet and we're asking the public to continue- please look for her. Please find Sierra for us.
Q: Is there any evidence in the car to suggest that Sierra LaMar is still alive?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I think that we have to do that tomorrow and fill you in on those details. But, no.
Q: You do not believe that she is alive.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We're charging the suspect with murder.
Q: So again, can you tell us how that arrest was effected- of Mr. Garcia-Torres. And where?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Again, if you can just give us until tomorrow morning. It's been a long day for all of us. It's been a long day for our detectives. We'll have the family here tomorrow. We'll be better prepared than we are right now and we'll release everything that we can release to you.
Q: Detectives have worked nonstop around the clock.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: There is a lot of heroes in this department. Detectives are the heroes. The person that first showed up at the scene is a hero- that knew that this was not a runaway child. And our search and rescue team, they found the evidence that they found so early into the investigation. A lot of people have worked very hard and they've done a wonderful job.
http://www.kron4.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=4200
May 21 Sheriff Laurie Smith interview
Q: An arrest has been made, can you first tell us who is in custody and on what charges is he-
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We've arrested Antolin Garcia-Torres. We've arrested him for murder and kidnapping. He was booked a couple of hours ago in the jail.
Q: Now, for a number of weeks, there have been photos released to the media of a red Jetta. Can you tell us what connection the suspect has to that red Jetta?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: The red Jetta is his car. We've had his car. We just are looking for people still to tell us- where have you seen the Jetta? What have you seen it doing? Where have you seen our suspect Antolin Garcia-Torres? We need information. Uh, we have credible, good information now but we need more - and tomorrow morning we'll be able to provide you with a lot of the particulars at the press conference - and, uh- Sierra's family will be there too and I imagine it's very, very difficult for them.
Q: Difficult, saddening as well- when you say that you've made an arrest for murder. So it seems to suggest that you believe that LaMar is no longer alive.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: That's correct.
Q: Is there anything you could talk to us about- evidence that seems to suggest why you believe that this is a murder?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I think that we'll be able to fill that in tomorrow and tell you why- what led to the arrest, the information that we have - and - but we would like to do that tomorrow where we can be better organized. We can have the family there and we can do- in an organized manner. But, it's important that you know that an arrest has been made.
Q: Sheriff, can you tell us where he was arrested at?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He was arrested in Morgan Hill in a shop- in a business shopping center.
Q: We heard Safeway- is that where he's employed?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: He's not employed there. Um, that was something that was put out earlier that I don't think is correct.
Q: Sheriff, there was a lot of conflicting information a few weeks ago with the release of the vehicle, the picture was put out there but not really telling who the registered owner is- we'd like to clarify some of that.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Yes. It was never our intent to mislead the media. We went back and read what we put out, and I can understand how it did mislead- but what we were looking for is who has seen the car- whether it was before the crime, on the day of the crime or after the crime- because we were looking for information. We were not looking for the car. And the following day we clarified that we actually did have the car and weren't looking for it. I think it was our fault for putting information out that looked misleading but it certainly wasn't our intent.
Q: You said you had the car in your possession, so that also means that you knew who the registered owner is or was-
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Yes.
Q: - was he then also under surveillance?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: There has been a lot of surveillance. We've surveilled several people, including our suspect that we've arrested and w- we will comment tomorrow more on that.
Q: But you believe he was a danger- and in turn moved in for the arrest tonight?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: If he's a suspect in a murder and kidnapping of a young girl, he's very dangerous and we think that it's important that he's in custody. Surveillance is not perfect. We decided to make the arrest and we believe we have sufficient evidence- not only to arrest, but for a successful prosecution.
Q: Does this individual have any prior contact with police- any arrests?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Um, we'll comment on that tomorrow.
Q: Does he have any sort of past relationship with Sierra?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We'll comment on that tomorrow. Sorry guys.
Q: The family has been made aware of this arrest?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We've been communicating all along with the family, and keeping them updated on everything that we've been doing. The family's been cooperative, it's very very difficult time for them.
Q: I was going to say, you've been able to speak with obviously Sierra's mother-
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Yes.
Q: Describe her state tonight- what the mood is.
Sheriff Laurie Smith: We'll cover that tomorrow, and- and- I haven't talked to her today.
Q: Sheriff, can you at least say if the suspect knew the victim?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: I don't want to say that.
Q: How do you feel? This has been a long- this goes back to March 16th. What does this mean for your investigators and for your department?
Sheriff Laurie Smith: Well, I'm really really proud of the dedication, the hard work our investigators have done. They've worked tireless. Uh- we've had 24 hour day operations on many things- I'm really really proud of them. How does it make me feel? We potentially- or we do have a dead child. I can't feel good about that- but I'm happy that we can bring someone to justice.
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/raw-video-sierra-la-mar-suspect-antolin-garcia/vHPHb/
May 21 Antolin Garcia-Torres leaves Sheriff's headquarters raw video
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/suspect-taken-custody-sierra-la-mar-case/nPBX3/
May 21 more @ link
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/BAGC1OLIUT.DTL
May 21 more @ link
http://www.contracostatimes.com/cri...ts-21-year-old-detained-connection?source=rss
May 21 more @ link
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8671450
May 21 more @ link
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The way I understood her statement he is just now linked to one of them. Anyone else. I hope we can get a transcript of the PC. I really like the woman she was very detailed and succinct in her answers. Not hard to understand. jmo
My guess (and I have a one in three chance of being correct) is the car one. If he was trying to enter a car and the victim locked herself inside, I would guess there would be a good chance of fingerprint evidence.
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Has that been confirmed? I read it in the comment section on the Find Sierra website by a supposed "relative"..This same person also claimed he willingly gave his DNA sample which now we know does not seem to be the case..I suppose he could've been told this LIE by the perp tho.
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How in gods name did he intercept her from her doorstep to the bus stop? If he was a stranger how did he know her schedule? 7:15AM is super early to be out on the prowl. Maybe he had spotted her before at Safeway or the bustop?
I knew he would be married with kids and older. MO and he would be local.
I knew he would be married with kids and older. MO and he would be local.
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I thought I heard 43 cases of missing children since January 2011 and all in Santa Clara county. Not sure on how many are unsolved.
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It use to be hard to try a case without a body but nowadays they are doing it more often with great success and I havent seen one defendant get off scott free.
For the DA to go forward so soon they have evidence to support she is dead. Imo, much more than the fact there has been no contact with anyone.
A DA is not going to bring charges against someone when they dont have the evidence to prove the defendant guilty BARD.
His a** is cooked.
imo
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This has a different pic of him with no goatee.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking...ls-expected-emerge-sierra-lamar-disappearance
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking...ls-expected-emerge-sierra-lamar-disappearance
When exactly did LE learn of his possible connection to at least 1 of these 3 others attempts? If she told us I missed it but more to the point when will he be charged with that? Along with DNA let's hope the victim can identify him! That def will help with the prosecution of Sierra's case but only IF it's allowed in.
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