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

[Catspaw]

Unless there's absolutely unrefutable evidence in a child molestation case--DNA and vaginal tears, for example--convictions of child sexual assault when the child is very young are extremely difficult to obtain. If it's a former girlfriend or spouse, they chalk it up to bitterness or anger, plus an accusation that the adult has coached the child, and discount the complaint. And who are the cops going to listen to? An adult with a well-formulated excuse or a child that's too young to verbalize?

[evolved_rage]

My concern is the trial. How will they ever get a jury that doesn't want to gut'm like a fish when they see him.

[Alberta's Child]

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

A composite sketch of Mohammad Atta, maybe . . .

/sarcasm off/

[Huck]

I have little idea what this post means.

[nimc]

He left her tiny body…"provocatively posed…". (Fox News)

There are no words that could begin to describe my absolute rage.

[Howlin]

Sorry to all about the initial spelling, but was typing way over my speed......

You did good. Panic typing is NOT easy.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Alejandro Avila, That's the name. LOL.. Sorry I got the spelling so wrong. My fingers were cooking.....

They also have now stated that this suspect has traveled the Ortega Hwy many times.

[M. Thatcher]

Can you just tell the difference between the attitudes of these blue-eyed blond hang-gliders, looked about 18 to me, and these perps! Shows not all males are evil, and suggests we need more of US, and less of THEM in America.

Yah, right, perversion and evil are functions of eye and hair color.

Idiot.

[mystery-ak]

MSNBC...recently broke up with girl friend, when she learned he was making indecent advances towards her daughter.

[Catspaw]

I doubt if it was more than a few hours between the time the child's body was dumped and when Samantha's body was discovered. It's understandable that the 911 caller would be absolutely panicked.

[luckodeirish]

Easy, it's California. The defense will have a bunch of "mental health professionals" who will tell the jury that he is "sick" and needs to go to a nice psych hospital where he can make ashtrays and watch TV.

[Constitution Day]

I was trying to tone it down a bit.

My wife probably thinks I'm going to give myself a heart attack being pissed off about this pervert.

[blam]

Iranian Murderer To Be Thrown Off Cliff In Sack (Rapist)

[jiggyboy]

According to http://www.newsminute.com (a tip of the hat to earlier posters for the link), there are "matching fibers", but there is no mention in any articles linked there. Let's hope they do a better job on the fiber matches than they did down in the SD case.

[Joe Hadenuf]

I have little idea what this post means.

Lost again huh? You must feel right at home.

[Howlin]

I knew there had to be a reason the police gave such a strident press conference yesterday.

They call that "structuring." Shock value; one sick bastard.

[hot august night]

"If he's an 'undocumented immigrant', the media will sit on it...."

Couldn't agree more. The guy arrested for killing Chandra Levy was an illegal, and they sure buried that (same for the guy in Connecticut who butchered that teenager he met over the Internet).

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. For some reason that didn't occur to me.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Did you just now hear that?

[Protagoras]

libs/libertarians won't like it

Trying to make your political points on a thread about this heinous crime is in the worst possible taste.