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WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:37 PM May 2016

Search for abducted teen moves to Northern California coast

Source: AP

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities on Friday narrowed their frantic search for a missing teenager to a remote area about 65 miles from where she was last seen being dragged by an armed acquaintance who later died in a gun battle with police.

The Solano County Sheriff's Office said Friday that new information was prompting investigators to focus their search for 15-year-old Pearl Pinson along a road that traverses Sonoma Coast State Park near the town of Jenner. The search on land and along a river was suspended for the night and will resume Saturday morning, authorities said.

Sheriff's Deputy Christine Castillo did not say what the nature of the new information was but said it came out of the investigation into the San Francisco Bay Area girl's disappearance.

The search for the missing girl has been complicated by the death Thursday of the young man suspected of abducting her Wednesday as she walked to school.

Police fatally shot Fernando Castro, 19, in Southern California after they spotted his car and exchanged gunfire with him as they say he attempted to get away.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/search-california-teen-girl-goes-suspect-killed-074501467.html?nhp=1

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Search for abducted teen moves to Northern California coast (Original Post) WhiteTara May 2016 OP
This is absolutely awful Ellen Forradalom May 2016 #1
It is a rugged area, but by no means... cynzke May 2016 #2
The picture is very sad.. Baobab May 2016 #3

Ellen Forradalom

(16,160 posts)
1. This is absolutely awful
Sun May 29, 2016, 01:30 AM
May 2016

Today I drove with my friend under the pedestrian overpass where she was abducted. It's covered with signs, balloons and flowers. Sickening.

cynzke

(1,254 posts)
2. It is a rugged area, but by no means...
Sun May 29, 2016, 09:14 AM
May 2016

remote. Thousands of people live along the coast near Jenner (near the mouth of the Russian River) and up in the redwoods. This time of year there are thousand of tourist visiting the area, camping along the Russian River. Cottages are filled with visitors from the San Francisco bay area and the area is regularly visited by nearby Santa Rosa residents and surrounding communities. It is a heavily populated area but the terrain is rugged coastal mtns. with narrow winding roads through the redwoods and the area is a combination of forest and vineyards. People are out camping, hiking, biking, wine tasting along well traversed roads and highways. . If she is alive, she would be found or she would find help. Even up on the narrow mtn. roads, its a not difficult to find people living. Western Sonoma Cty is a very desirable area to build homes. It attracts people for the beauty of the area, yet it is near all the amenities of civilization that people crave. If he killed her (I pray not), her body will be found soon. Sonoma Cty and State agencies have excellent resources for search and rescue.

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