UPDATE ON SAMANTHA (CA) Arrest made in murder!!!!!!!

7/19/02 | Joe Hadenuf

[Joe Hadenuf]

Update from OC Sheriff... Press conference..

Playing 911 tape of the people that found the body, male caller was extremely upset, and scared, he was crying, and telling 911 the location but the cell phone transmission was breaking up and was disconnected.

They called the telephone number he left before the disconnect and they called his home and got a messege machine. He called back within minutes and made contact again with 911 and was almost hysterical and crying saying it was little girl and was very distraught,

When Cell caller got home he called again from home phone and recontacted 911, 911 said they would pick him up and the he could show him where the body was.

End of 911 tape

Press conference continues, stating over 2000 citizens have given leads......

Another press conference at 6 PM

At 955 AM they made an arrest alihondro avial DOB 3-1375

[oc-flyfish]

Orange County freeper ping.

[Diverdogz]

And with a lack of diversity, we are only stuck with idiots like you.

[alisasny]

Did his mother say he was a good boy yet?

[Reaganwuzthebest]

That's right. We all know there aren't any Anglo pedophiles out there. Of all the reasons to oppose immigration...

Just because there are plenty of homegrown idiots doesn't mean we need to be importing more.

Do us a favor and blow away.

[cactusSharp]

on pMSNBC it was added,this arrestee has scratches
on his lower legs,explained away by him as running into
childs room stuff....also just heard Linda Vesser add that Samantha was left dead in a provocative pose. That
poor 911 caller...what horror

[VRWC_minion]

Why don't you guys lay off the diversity stuff?

Bigot.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Yes, photos have be displayed on television new, sorry I don't have any to post here.........

[pabianice]

Wait, wait, don't tell me! Illegal alien on welfare? Criminal record?

[cgk]

That's my concern also.

Mrs Kus

[Mark was here]

Alex Avila has been arrested for the disgusting kidnap
and murder of five-year-old Samantha Runnion

From:News Minute.com

[ambrose]

Illegal alien?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Now hear the suspects mother possibly had owned/rented/ two units in a complex in the Lake Elsinore area......

[cgk]

Thanks - I see someone posted the picture... Hard to tell but evidence is evidence and I hope that's the basis of the arrest: DNA.

Mrs Kus

[ambrose]

I wonder what Avila's legal status is? Citizen or illegal alien?

I am sure the media will be sure to mention if he's an illegal alien, right? < / sarcasm>

[oc-flyfish]

...left dead in a provocative pose...

That f*cking b*stard!

[Joe Hadenuf]

Yeah, that photo really matches the composite drawing.....

[crystalk]

That is evidence right there that he was born here, or brought here soon after birth, for the ones that grew up to adulthood in Mexico don't bulk out like that. Bring them up here, and they get just as big as we do.

[alisasny]

The freaks mother says he has no prior criminal record. Not yet confirmed by police.

[MeekOneGOP]

Man arrested in Samantha Runnion killing

07/19/2002

Associated Press

STANTON, Calif. - A man was arrested Friday for investigation of the kidnap-murder of 5-year-old Samantha Runnion, Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona said.

Alejandro Avila, 27, was arrested after search warrants were served overnight at an apartment complex near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, not far from where the girl's body was found Tuesday near Highway 74, a route connecting the two counties.

The arrest came during an extensive dragnet following Samantha's abduction.

AP

Alejandro Avila

The girl and a 5-year-old friend were playing only about 150 feet from Samantha's front door in a complex of Stanton townhomes Monday evening when a man drove up in a two-door light green car after making a U-turn. The man got out and asked for help finding his puppy, then took off with the kicking and screaming girl.

Samantha's nude body was discovered Tuesday afternoon along Highway 74 on the edge of the Cleveland National Forest, about 50 miles from Stanton.

An autopsy revealed the girl was alive for several hours after she was snatched and was killed sometime Tuesday by asphyxiation.

Carona said earlier that warrants were served at four locations, including an apartment complex near Lake Elsinore, and at a business in Temecula.

Adelina Avila said her Lake Elsinore apartment was searched by authorities late Thursday and her 27-year-old son was being detained. She said her son was taken in early Thursday for questioning and she was able to speak with him over the phone.

"I don't think my son did anything, but I notice he is cooperating," said Avila. "I don't have anything against that. He hasn't been through this before so he doesn't know what's going on. He doesn't have no record."

Authorities said Thursday the dragnet was so extensive that there had been numerous detentions and a few arrests on unrelated violations as law enforcement officers encountered people generally matching the suspect's description.

In Sunderland, Mass., Samantha's biological father, Derek Jackson, mourned her Thursday at a news conference from his home.

"I will always stay connected with her. She will live in my heart when I wake up every day," Jackson said. "I love her dearly. I miss you, Samantha."

Jackson also offered advice to other parents.

"Please watch your children. Every second, don't let them out of your sight, especially now," he said.

Outside Samantha's home, a memorial continued to grow. Flowers, stuffed animals, balloons, candles and personal messages to her were laid out on 14 tables in a courtyard of the housing complex. Once full of children playing and skateboarding, it was vacant Thursday morning. A nearby park was also sparsely populated, and parents kept a careful watch.

Tara Frietas, 13, walked with her grandfather, Art Domen, 79, from their Garden Grove home a few blocks away to pay their respects.

They said they had taken extra precautions.

"I have to be home before dark. I can't go anywhere alone, and I'm not to speak to strangers," Tara said, adding she was afraid after hearing the sheriff comment Wednesday that the killer could strike again.

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Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/071902dnnatrunnion.223fb.html

[cgk]

Question: If they do have DNA evidence do they need to bring in Samantha's little friend who saw her kidnapping to ID him in a line-up? Like say "chihuahua" and such? That poor girl will never sleep in the dark again.

Mrs K