OR OR - Graciela Garcia, 49, last seen @ home, LE: 'incredibly suspicious', Hermiston, 8 Nov 2019

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Sadly, GG has been missing for nearly a year now.
 
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NOV 9, 2020
Family marks one-year anniversary of Graciela Garcia's disappearance with vigil

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Garcia, 50, grew up in the area, graduating from Umatilla High School and eventually starting Careyes Beauty Salon, which she operated out of her home in Hermiston. She was last seen on Nov. 8, 2019, by her husband, according to police, who have described her disappearance as “extremely suspicious.” She was reported missing on Nov. 11, 2019.

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After the time for prayer, they made their way to the Hermiston Police Department’s headquarters, where they laid down painted stones with the message “#FindGracielaGarcia” on the lawn. They then made their way to Garcia’s home nearby and took turns laying red roses in her yard before spending time holding up signs with her information along Highway 395.

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Graciela Garcia had made plans on November 8, 2019, to take dinner to her 14-year-old son who was staying at his father’s house. But the 49-year-old mother of four never showed up. Graciela, who also goes by Gracie and Chela, owns and operates Careyes Beauty Salon out of her home on Hurlburt Avenue. Around 7 p.m. that night, Graciela’s son had two missed calls from her but told family when he tried to call her back, his calls went to voicemail, which family members said was a red flag. Graciela’s phone remained off and her social media went quiet. Her car was still at home and everything inside seemed to be in place. Graciela’s family reported her missing on Monday, November 11. Detectives are treating Graciela’s disappearance as suspicious, Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston told Dateline. He added there are no confirmed details available about exactly where or when Garcia was last seen and no updates. Graciela is described as being 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 140 lbs. Her hair was blonde when she was last seen. Anyone who might have information regarding Graciela Garcia’s disappearance is encouraged to call the Hermiston Police Department at 541-567-5519.
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Seven years of Dateline's Missing in America: 156 still missing
 
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FEB 17, 2021
Total crime rates drop in Hermiston while violent crime rates higher than average, annual police report says | Local News | eastoregonian.com
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Total reported homicides, rape and arson crimes each increased in 2020, while aggravated assault, larceny, burglary and auto theft declined. Robbery rates did not change in 2020, according to the report.

Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston said the coronavirus pandemic was a driving factor for last year’s crime statistics.

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Edmiston said one of the most alarming trends last year was the increase in rape crimes. There were eight reported incidents of rape in Hermiston in 2020, which is double the 10-year average.

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Hermiston detectives are still investigating the disappearance of Graciela Garcia, the report said. Garcia went missing in November 2019.

Police have devoted much time and resources to the investigation, which has been assisted by the Oregon State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but they “are still diligently following leads in this case as they become available,” the report said.

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NOV 8, 2021
Today Marks 2 Years Since Disappearance of Graciela Garcia | Northeast Oregon Now
The Hermiston Police Department is again asking the public’s help in finding Graciela Garcia, the Hermiston woman who went missing two years ago today.

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Eynon said the case remains an active investigation.

“They (Garcia’s family and friends) certainly deserve to know what happened to her,” said Eynon.
 
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DEC 5, 2022

Graciela Garcia

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On November 8, 2019, Graciela Garcia had plans to take dinner to her 14-year-old son who was staying at his father’s house. But the 49-year-old mother of four never showed up. Graciela, who also goes by Gracie and Chela, owned and operated Careyes Beauty Salon out of her home on Hurlburt Avenue in Hermiston, Oregon. Around 7:00 p.m. that night, Graciela’s son missed calls from his mother. He told the family when he tried to call her back, his calls went to voicemail – which family members said was a red flag. According to Graciela’s daughter Gabby, her mother’s phone remained off and her social media went quiet. Graciela’s car was still at her home and everything inside seemed to be in order. Graciela’s family reported her missing on Monday, November 11, 2019. Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston previously told Dateline that detectives are treating Graciela’s disappearance as suspicious. In November 2022, an officer with the Hermiston Police Department confirmed that the investigation is still open. Graciela is described as being 5’4” and weighing 140 lbs. Her hair was blonde when she was last seen. Anyone who might have information regarding Graciela Garcia’s disappearance is encouraged to call the Hermiston Police Department at 541-567-5519.
 
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JAN 20, 2023
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Around 7 p.m. that evening, the boy got a text from his mother and noticed he also had two missed calls — but when he tried to phone back, he immediately got her voicemail.

“That was a huge red flag,” the boy’s older sister, Gabriela Bautista, told Dateline months after Garcia went missing. “She always had her phone on and had been in constant contact with my brother that night. They were supposed to meet. That was the plan. She wouldn’t have just turned her phone off and disappeared.”

The concerned boy’s older siblings went to their mother’s home, where they found her vehicle, purse, clothing, and other personal items and noted nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

“That was odd, too,” Bautista told Dateline of Garcia, who ran a beauty salon out of the residence. “All her jewelry was there. In one place. Whenever she would go out, she would put on her rings. Things would be scattered, like her clothes, but it was all in place. And nothing was missing.”

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According to reports, detectives were never able to locate several of Garcia’s key possessions: her cell phone, ID, and passport. The investigation determined Garcia’s phone pinged for the last time in Washington shortly after midnight the night she vanished.

In July 2020, Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston said in a statement that Garcia’s current husband, Sanchez, “has been cooperative throughout this investigation.”

“He has consented to a search of his home and other property under his control, been interviewed on more than one occasion, provided DNA samples, etc.,” the chief said. “He was under no legal obligation to do any of those things, and his cooperation was not compelled in any manner.”

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Her husband and brother were involved in a shooting.


HERMISTON — Two Hermiston men were wounded Wednesday evening, Sept. 13, in a gun-related altercation in the 290 block of East Hurlburt Avenue.

According to the Hermiston Police Department, officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. to reports of shots fired in the area of East Hurlburt Avenue and Southeast Third Street. Upon arriving at the residence in question, they found blood and signs of an alteraction.
Later that night, police learned Cuauthemoc Romero, 52, and Moises Garcia, 57, both of Hermiston, arrived separately at Good Shepherd Medical Center with gunshot wounds. The Oregon State Police forensic unit and detectives responded and processed the crime scene.

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According to reports, Romero was wounded in the abdomen and shoulder and transported via LifeFlight to an unidentified hospital in
Police noted Romero is the husband of Graciela Garcia, who was reported missing Nov. 11, 2019. Garcia was identified as her brother.
No arrests have been made. The Portland Police Bureau and the Oregon State Police are working to gather evidence from Romero, according to HPD.
 
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HERMISTON – The Hermiston Police Department has asked the FBI to review its investigation into the disappearance of Graciela Garcia who has been missing since 2019. Police Chief Jason Edmiston said that was the obvious agency to ask since many of the detectives’ work has gone across multiple states. He says that request should not be taken as a surrender.

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NOV 3, 2023
NBC News - 10 YEARS OF MISSING IN AMERICA
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... Graciela’s family reported her missing on Monday, November 11, 2019. Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston previously told Dateline that detectives were treating Graciela’s disappearance as suspicious. In November 2023, an officer with the Hermiston Police Department confirmed that the investigation is still open, and that they have begun working with the FBI on Graciela’s case in the past year. ...
 
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Bump for Graciela
 

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