CA CA - Tanya Ruiz 24 missing from Piru, CA 1975

[Moonwalker9]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Demographics
Missing Age24 Years
Current Age68 Years
First NameTanya
Middle Name--
Last NameRuiz
Nickname/Alias--

SexFemale
Height5' 6" (66 Inches)
Weight126 lbs
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last ContactAugust 6, 1975
NamUs Case CreatedMarch 30, 2017
Last Known Location Map
LocationPiru, California
CountyVentura County

Circumstances of DisappearanceTanya Ruiz was last seen at the Edwards Ranch near Piru, CA, where she lived with her husband. Tanya had been visiting her grandmother the preceding three or four days. When she did not meet her grandmother on Sunday as planned, the family began to search for Tanya. After trying for a month to locate Tanya, her mother reported her disappearance to the sheriff, whose deputy eventually interviewed her husband. According to the deputy, her husband seemed unconcerned about his wife's whereabouts, and told the deputy that Tanya had taken with her $150 to $200 and some clothes when she left. Without any leads, the case was closed until the discovery in 1979 of the bodies of her husband's subsequent wife and her son, whom he buried in his backyard.
Physical Description
Hair ColorBlond/Strawberry
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorBlue
Right Eye ColorBlue
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Deformity
Her right side was spastic, her leg and hand lightly malformed. She wore a brace on her leg.

I wonder if they couldn't find a better photo of her? It wouldn't take a genius to find of what happened to her but where she's located is anyones guess.

 

[dotr]

People v. Ruiz (1988)
"Tanya, a victim of cerebral palsy and epilepsy resulting from an automobile accident, married defendant in 1972. In 1975, defendant and Tanya moved to a ranch in Southern California where defendant obtained employment. Although Tanya's doctor, Russell Shields, testified that Tanya had reported in July 1975 that she was happily married, Tanya had told her mother, Mrs. Ferreira, on several occasions during the previous year that she and defendant were not getting along, that Tanya was "scared to death" of defendant and his "terrible temper," and that she also disliked and feared defendant's mother. In addition, Tanya had remarked to her stepfather, Tony Ferreira, in April 1975, that she disliked and feared defendant's mother. Tanya was last seen at the ranch on August 6, 1975, where Tanya's grandmother, Marie Petersen had driven her after making a date for church on the following Sunday. Tanya had been visiting her grandmother the preceding three or four days.

Tanya did not meet Mrs. Petersen on Sunday as planned. A few days later, defendant called Mrs. Petersen and asked to talk to Tanya. When told that she had been left at the ranch, defendant replied: "Well, she isn't here .... I guess she's visiting somebody." Defendant rejected Mrs. Petersen's suggestion to call the police, saying that he did not want to start any trouble. Defendant remained silent when Mrs. Petersen opined that something must have happened to Tanya. Finally, Mrs. Petersen suggested that they drive to various places where Tanya might be staying. Defendant rejected that suggestion too. Defendant did propose that they talk to "Jim" working at a bakery in Ojai, but when Mrs. Petersen went there she was told that no one named Jim worked at the bakery. Defendant suggested no other possible leads.

Thereafter, the ranch foreman, DeJarnette, and a neighbor, Stafford, each asked defendant where Tanya was, and he replied, without elaboration, that [44 Cal. 3d 601] she had "left" defendant. Both men believed that defendant was acting nervously when discussing the matter. Tanya's pastor, Richard Smith, a Mormon bishop, confirmed that Tanya had left no forwarding address. According to Bishop Smith, if Tanya had contacted another Mormon ward anywhere in the world, and if her records were sent to her new residence, as is customary, the files would so indicate. In addition, Tanya's physician, Doctor Shields, observed that she wore a medi-alert bracelet informing that she was an epileptic regularly receiving the drug Dilantin; Shields believed that if Tanya moved anywhere, her new physician or medical facility would have contacted him and asked for her records. No such contact or request was made."

 

[PayrollNerd]

This link has a photo of Edwards Ranch in Piru, CA. I wonder if its the same place that this lady was at.

Samuel Edwards Ranch | The Paregien Journal

 

[PayrollNerd]

I wonder if there are any remaining relatives like a sibling or cousin that have submitted DNA. If she is ever found, I suspect it will be totally random and she will be an unidentified person, if she’s not already. How sad that her mother and grandmother never had closure.

 

[Autumn Aware]

Tanya could be Arvin Jane Doe https:///wiki/Arvin_Jane_Doe. She was found less than an hour away nearly three years later. The height matches up, the facial features seem to match up & they also have the same hair colour. Moreover Jane Doe was missing one or both of her hands and this was not likely to have been due to animal distrubance as she was buried. It seems as though her killer could have been the one to cut her hand(s) off. This is quite rare (although it does happen the odd time). However, the killer of Tanya, most likely her husband would have had a reason to need to cut off her right hand at least, as it was slightly malformed. He would have known her family was likely to report her missing, and therefore she could have been easily gotten identified by her hand if she was found, so that would explain why her hand would be missing.

 

[Caring1]

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