SANDRA CANTU - Aged 8 years - Tracy, California (USA)

Mercury News

4 April 2009

Optimism part of plan when searching for missing child

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_12068042

San Jose Mercury News

3 April 2009

Case of missing Tracy girl moves other victims to speak out


http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12067768

CNN News

4 April 2009

Surveillance tape shows missing California girl skipping in alley

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/04/california.missing.girl.videotape/

Tracy Press

4 April 2009

Volunteers don't let up on Day 8


Sandra Cantu is everywhere you look, but nowhere to be found.

The 8-year-old girl has been missing from her Tracy home at Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park for eight days now, but the community response has not slowed down.

Hundreds of people from all walks of life showed up to volunteer starting at 8 a.m. today at the old Linne Road Fire Station. Concerned individuals, families with small children and even a local biker gang entered the firehouse ready to post more fliers.

“I’m touched that they would care so much about Sandra,” Tracy police spokesman Lt. Jeremy Watney said. “It’s very heartwarming to see them all out there.”

People were divided into teams of two or three and sent out to different areas to distribute fliers after a short safety briefing from volunteer Tim Heinrich of Tracy’s Community Emergency Response Team. The group is coordinating all volunteer efforts in the search.

Heinrich, a pastor at Crossroads Baptist Church, said people from as far away as Lodi and Alameda have come to Tracy today to raise awareness of Sandra’s disappearance.

“It’s been fantastic,” Heinrich said. “People seem to be upbeat and in good spirits.”
At around 10 a.m., about 20 members of the San Joaquin chapter of the motorcycle group Knuckleheads MC roared into the rural fire station. After they removed their helmets, their intent was clear — they just wanted to help.

They walked up to the entrance and told a team member that they’d go wherever they’re needed.

“I have daughters, and a majority of our riders have kids,” the group’s sergeant, David Barnes, said. “It’s right here in Tracy, so it hits home for us. Until she’s found, we’re going to ride.”

Some people have used their creative talents to help the search. Corena Sanchez-San Nicolas came to the fire station this morning from San Jose to hand out custom-made buttons to volunteers with a picture of Sandra’s flier on them. She and her friend, Connie Dumas, who grew up in Tracy but now lives in Livermore, said they were emotionally struck by the situation and wanted to help.

Both women wore T-shirts showing the most recent pictures of Sandra.
“When you think about it, it hurts; it’s sad,” Sanchez-San Nicolas said. “We hope that it helps, but she hasn’t been found yet. I guess all we can do is spread the word out as much (as we can).”

Sandra’s disappearance spoke to the maternal instincts of Denice Wheat and Dana Erickson, who formed a mother-daughter team. They posted fliers in the neighborhood around Clyde Bland Park.

“If it were my daughter,” Erickson said, “I’d hope there would be the same kind of response. This is what makes Tracy Tracy. That’s why people like to live here.”

The search hits close to home for Wheat, whose 81-year-old mother, Wallacea Lois, lives in the mobile home park that has been repeatedly searched. Wheat and her daughter volunteered for the first time today, just wanting to do their part.

“Maybe someone will see it and recognize her,” Wheat said. “She’s a little girl that’s lost. I have five grandchildren, and it’s very sad. I just wanted to help.”

Even those who couldn’t come to Tracy have made their presence felt. Watney said the reward for information leading to Sandra’s whereabouts is now at $26,000, with donations coming in as far away as New Jersey.

The volunteers will operate out of the old fire station at 7700 W. Linne Road, until 6 p.m. today.

If you want to print and distribute fliers in your town and cannot come to Tracy, visit http://www.ci.tracy.ca.us/departments/police/.

For information: Community Emergency Response Team, 832-1028.

• Contact Tracy Press reporter Justin Lafferty at 830-4269 or jlafferty@tracypress.com.

http://tracypress.com/content/view/17729/2268/

KTLA.com California

5 April 2009

Police Receive Over 1,000 Leads in Search for Missing Girl

http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?Police-Receive-Over-1000-Leads-in-Search=1&blockID=252627&feedID=171

Mercury News

6 April 2009

Large-scale ground searches for Tracy girl end

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12078613

KTLA.com

6 April 2009

Police Focus On Leads in Search for Missing Girl

http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?Police-Focus-On-Leads-in-Search-for-Miss=1&blockID=252627&feedID=171

*Includes footage of the cctv footage of Sandra taken on the day she vanished in a news report!!

WARNING I FELT SICK READING THIS.


Salem News.com

6 April 2009

Child Porn Traffickers Cited in Missing Child Search

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/april062009/child_porn_connect_4-6-09.php

WARNING: VERY DISTRESSING INVESTIGATIONS IN PLACE

Fox 40 News

6 April 2009

Sealed Container Suspicious, Could Be Linked to Sandra Cantu

http://www.fox40.com/pages/landing_sandra_cantu/?Sealed-Container-Suspicious-Could-Be-Lin=1&blockID=259757&feedID=2674

I cant read it but is this not looking good for Sandra Pam?

Hi Tina pet. It needs to be thoroughly investigated and may take days. Once I or Twiggy get any update we'll post. I am hoping it isn't obviously as is distressing to read. All I can think of is Sandra's Mum right now and Dad too.

WARNING: I'm sorry to say it is very sad news.



San Francisco Chronicle

7 April 2009

Missing Tracy girl's body found in suitcase

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/07/MNR116U792.DTL

WARNING THE LATEST NEWS IS EXTREMELY DISTRESSING. I AM AFRAID THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO SAY THIS, SANDRA'S BODY HAS BEEN FOUND. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT IT AND CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HER PARENTS AND EXTENDED FAMILY MUST BE FEELING.


SANDRA RIP SWEETHEART.

KCRA Sacramento, California

7 April 2009

Sandra Cantu's Body Found in Submerged Luggage

http://www.kcra.com/news/19112110/detail.html

* If there is any way I can get a card to the family I will.

Recordnet.com

6 April 2009

Police confirm Sandra Cantu's body was in suitcase (8:57 p.m.)

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090406/A_NEWS/90406012

*Includes video of police press conference!!

RIP Sandra.

And may the person who is responsible pay for the rest of their life.

RIP Sandra

Thinking of your family and friends at this sad time..

Ok I have a way of getting a card to the Family in Tracy. I will address it to Sandra's parents (eventhough living apart), extended family & friends. If anyone has any personal messages they would like to include with the card, please pm and I can then write it up tonight.

Very heart breaking.

Sandra RIP.

May the angels look after you.

HOW CAN ANYONE DO THIS TO A CHILD.

Rest in peace Sandra. You looked so happy skipping along near your home. God bless you.

My thoughts go out to your heartbroken family and friends :cry:

Evening all, I will leave messages open til tomorrow and send it off then as will likely take some time to get to USA. Please continue to pm any messages you wish to include.

pam supportfromireland wrote:WARNING THE LATEST NEWS IS EXTREMELY DISTRESSING. I AM AFRAID THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO SAY THIS, SANDRA'S BODY HAS BEEN FOUND. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT IT AND CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT HER PARENTS AND EXTENDED FAMILY MUST BE FEELING.


SANDRA RIP SWEETHEART.

KCRA Sacramento, California

7 April 2009

Sandra Cantu's Body Found in Submerged Luggage

http://www.kcra.com/news/19112110/detail.html

* If there is any way I can get a card to the family I will.

This is so sad, I posted this on my blog this morning :cry:
I just sat here staring at the screen, thought's of Mari Luz came back to me and then Baby Grace :|
How Terrible it must be for those poor families who are left to cope :pale: with such a loss...
And for those families that are clinging on to the all Hope they have left, who are dreading the news that sadly this family & too many more are being given.

R.I.P Miss Sandra Cantu

The angels above will look after you.
God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 10

Associated Press

8 April 2009

Police probing Calif. child death to search church

* Report includes photo montage

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ii5r-B2tDoFc8mJw9T7AquND3ZNQD97DSUKG0

In case anyone has forgotten to pm. Last day for messages is today to be included in the card I am posting. As it is Easter time, it will take a while for card to travel anyway & I would want anyone who wants to be included not to be forgotten.