continue to search for her daughter even though police arrested a suspect for sierra's murder. abc7 news spoke to his family. good morning i'm kristen sze. and i'm cheryl jennings the search for sierra, according to investigators is now a search for her body. right now sky 7 hd is over the reservoir in santa clara county divers are out in their boat patrolling the area right now presumably some have gone into the water. sierra disappeared march 16th, on her way to school. there have been many searches for sierra the reservoir where they are searching now is eight miles south of sierra's home in morgan hill. >> amy hollyfield talked with the suspect's family. let's begin with terry mcsweeney live with the investigators in san jose. >> reporter: no doubt here at the sheriff's office you will hear a lot of people saying there's no doubt about it, they have the man who did it, 21-year-old antolin

garcia-torres, he kidnapped and murdered 15-year-old sierra lamar the sheriff laid out her case a short time ago followed bye8b sierra's mother that her daughter cannot be dead. 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres sit in jail charged with kidnapping and lamar chosen at random says the sheriff. >> there's no information that we have of any type that the two know each other have had any contact. we believe this is the worse kind of a -- the worst kind of a crime. >> reporter: dna from sierra's clothing found days after her kidnapping came back on march 28th. >> also her property in the bag foundaan dna from antolin garcia-torres. >> reporter: his name was in a law enforcement data bank because he had been convicted of interfering with an officer and had been charged but never

tried for melanie assault. he owned this red jetta with a black hood he was placed under surveillance, investigators hoping he would lead them to the body of sierra lamar. april 7th they seized the car which yielded physical evidence of sierra's presence. investigators are she dead. >> the discovery of sierra's cell phone, her clothing, what she wore that day, and her personal belongings have contributed to our that -- to our belief that she is the victim of murder. >> reporter: her mother thanked all who searched for her daughter and says she still does not believe her daughter is dead. >> please give the information, if you have that you have to lead us to sierra to help end this nightmare. i believe there's a reason why she wasn't found. we are not giving up on that. >> reporter: the search is on

for sierra lamar's body. it is not needed for a conviction but it is needed foreclosure for the family. so far the suspect is not helping. -- he is just charged not convicted of anything. he's also been tied to at least one of three assaults that happened near morgan hill in 2009, all of them against women. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in morgan hill where she spoke with the suspect's family. they are defending him? >> reporter: yeah, they say police have the wrong man. police arrested him at this safeway with guns drawn last night took him into custody without problems. the family says he couldn't have done it. they heard about his arrest by watching the news last night and his family is devastated. >> it is a shocker to all of us. he of course did not do it. i know everybody says that. i know everybody says that. but i know him. i know he didn't do it.

he's not capable of that. there's no motive. >> reporter: she says the sheriff's case against her brother doesn't add up. she says he is not a violent person and he didn't know sierra lamar. >> he's sweet, he's not -- i mean he has a baby on the way. he has a 1 1/2-year-old they are very happy. there's no motive for him to be doing any of this. i don't know, it is a mistake i feel. >> reporter: the sheriff says the case against antolin garcia-torres is strong and investigators believe he acted alone. >> we seized the suspect's vehicle on april 7th. at the time we did search warrants we had physical evidence linking sierra to his vehicle. >> reporter: the suspect's sister and brother in law listened to the sheriff's morning press conference but dispute her claims.

>> they don't have physical evidence. there's no physical evidence at all. >> they had her dna in the car. >> not in the car actually. >> reporter: garcia believes investigators zeroed in on her brother because his car was spotted in sierra's neighborhood. she says her whole family knew he was unsurveillance and her brother has cooperated. she says a guilty man would have acted ly. >> you would think he would -- i don't know, go away or try to runway or something. he's done nothing been nothing but compliant he's given them two dna swabs. >> reporter: the family also doesn't believe that garcia-torres committed previous assaults. the sheriff said there were three assaults against him in morgan hill three years ago. one happened in this safeway parking lot where the suspect once worked and where he was arrested this one involved a stun gun. the sheriff believes he's attached to one of those assaults but didn't say which

one. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. many of sierra lamar's neighbors spent weeks hoping for her safe return now they are feeling loss and frustration after learning investigators believe she was murdered. some have tied pink ribbons to their mail bob'ses as a sign they are not giving up -- mailboxes as a sign they are not giving up on finding her alive >> i feel this killed this area. this terrible news. >> it is really sad. we prayed for her all these days she has been missing. so it is really -- that it is almost coming to an 's the good part if we find her that would be the best part. >> wow. legal analyst dean johnson is here with some analysis. you hear the charges and the family of the suspect and the family of the victim, we don't know if sierra is alive, investigators say she is not.

>> sheriff was pretty emphatic she is certain based on whatever evidence she has seen that sierra, unfortunately, is no longer alive. the real question is, we haven't found a body. can we prosecute a case without a body? the answer is yes, we've been doing that for 30 years even in the 80s there were cases that were prosecuted, the only connection between victim and defendant was a few specks of blood in a vehicle. we've had 30 years of scientific advance since. >> a lot of dna in this case. >> -- apparently. connections to the backpack clothing, vehicle if true it is going to be easy to connect see rather to the suspect. >> what do you think investigators are -- are doing behind the scenes now. >> i've been there. this is a critical time in a homicide investigation because the suspect is still talking to the police. those police want an answer to one question, where is sierra

lamar? if the suspect can give a truthful answer he may save himself from the death penalty. >> dean, thanks very much. >> stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of all of today's developments in the arrest and investigation of sierra lamar's kidnapping and now presumed murder. you will find the entire news conference with the sheriff's department and sierra lamar's family on abc7news.com. our team coverage will continue on abc7 news at 4, 5 and 6:00. breaking news in san francisco, a major announcement was just made about the golden state yard jurors leaving oakland. -- warriors leaving oakland. >> reporter: we can put speculation to rest it is official. moments ago right here at piers 30 and 32 mayor lee said the golden state warriors are moving from oakland to san francisco all of this by the year 2017.

>> it has been 41 years since the warriors played here in san francisco. in my humble opinion, it is time to welcome them home. >> we are very appreciative to the home we've had in oakland for the last 40 years or so. they've been great fans. it has been a great community. what people don't understand is that in fact, our fan base is 50/50. it is -- we done relace in information all the time. 50% west bay, 50% east bay we are the bay area's basketball team is the way we look at it. we had to find the best site that served our fans for the long term and provide that experience. >> co-owner trying to ward off disappointment from oakland. also on hand lt. governor newsom and commissioner david stern. we see what the arena will look like built on the pier. the mayor says it will be

public transit accessible one of the most accessible stadiums in the country he says it will add new green space and revenue will be used ford city services senior services and potholes. co-owners saying how the arena will be privately funded he compared it to giant stadium he says it can be done it will be done they have five years to get it done. katie marzullo, abc7 news. a prominent civil rights attorney appeared in an east bay court today to answer charges that he hit and killed a bicyclist with his car. spencer smith walked into the courthouse this morning the judge delayed the hearing until late june. investigators say piece of his mercedes littered the crash scene last tuesday. his attorney says his client is devastated that the victim lost his life. only on 7, the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is setting the record straight from her point

of view in an interview with dan noyes. he flew to eliana lopez's home in venezuela to meet with her and her son and talk about the case against the sheriff. >> all these stories about pushing, grabbing, all that i was running outside, that is not true, that never happened. >> where did that come from? >> i don't know. it is imagination of someone. >> dan's exclusive interview airs tonight only on abc7 news at 11. security scare diverts an international flight to maine. online auction putting former president ronald reagan's blood up for sale. dramatic rescue of a 13-year-old boy after falling 300 feet down a waterfall how he clinged for his life more than eight

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a us airways plane is clear to takeoff again after being diverted to maine two fighter jets escorted the plane on what the tsa calls an abundance of caution. the flight from paris to charlotte, north carolina had 179 passengers and nine crewmembers onboard. a source is saying the scare was prompted by a passenger female passenger announcing she had a surgically implanted

device and another official said she appeared to be mentally unstable. again, everyone fine. ronald reagan's foundation blasting an online auction house for selling a vial of dried blood residue that belonged to the former president saying the vial was used that tested his blood after his 1981 assassination attempt. the blood is being sold by the son of a woman who took pit from the lab, with permission, -- who took from it the lab, with permission he says. bidding now more than $11,000. the reagan foundation calls the sale despicable. close call with a 270 foot waterfall over the weekend. 13-year-old william on a tiny ledge the last stop before the deadly drop. he slipped on a hike at the top of wallace falls and swept down river before the big drop he grabbed the ledge where he clung for eight hours until rescuers pulled him to safety.

>> he's a smart he asked if i had a plan. a couple of seconds later he says is your plan gonna work? >> it worked. he says he started crying when he saw the rescue helicopter. he has no plans to visit another waterfall any time soon. >> what a terrifying experience. >> eight hours. >> strong kid. >> absolutely. sunshine and flight arrival delays are over at sfo. fog still out along the coast low clouds hanging there we'll talk about how those will be chased away by winds that will bring cool temperatures. britain's prince william opens up about how nervous he was the day before he said "i do." .

looks nice out there now. >> a little breezy know. >> the breezes of change are coming back today going to bring warmer weather once the cold front comes through tonight another shot of cooler air going to around longer than yesterday. good morning. coming up on 11:21. look back from vollmer peak across the bay bridges now old and new almost finished clouds still clinging along the coast. you can look on mount tamalpais breezy up around

2600 feet clouds retreated back out of most of the bay area. you can see clouds moving from northwest to southeast along the coast high clouds behind that, that will move in later during the afternoon hours so ought to make for a beautiful sunset tonight. look at winds gusting good observation by kristen gusting 28 at sfo, 25 fairfield, 35 in oakland that's why we have a small craft advisory for bay area and ocean waters this afternoon for fast winds. upper 50s san francisco and half moon bay mid to upper 60s around the bay shore into the south bay and low to mid 70s in our inland neighborhoods same spread monterey bay from the water to our inland neighborhoods. bay and inland mostly sunny patches of sun at our beaches. cooler breezes, wednesday through friday the weekend will turn around 180° warmer

and much calmer. today everybody is going up one degree warmer 76 san jose concord, oakland, san francisco, santa rosa four, fremont will jump five degrees. south bay mid to upper 70s. 73 milpitas. peninsula mid 70s palo alto mid 60s northbound through millbrae mid to upper 50s along the coast with low to mid 60s downtown and south san francisco 67 sausalito mid 70s north bay valley mid to upper 50s at your breezy beaches mid 60s richmond to 73 mid 70s southbound on the east bay shore. mid 70s through the san ramon valley out 580 to livermore highway 4 pittsburg, antioch and brentwood low to mid 80s. mid 70s around the bay northwest breezes off the ocean will keep monterey and carmel around the low to mid 60s. 7:05 first pitch, drop from 60

down to 53. tonight partly cloudy upper 40s to lower 50s cooler than this morning and drier wouldn't worry about drizzle for the morning commute. here's the set-up, cold front to our north this jet stream is going to bring in the cool and breezy weather starting tomorrow. look at the temperatures drop away from the coast about four degrees tomorrow, about another two to four degrees thursday and another couple of degrees friday by the time we get to friday 5 to 10° cooler than today then the winds start moving offshore, a lot of sun before you know it temperatures will be warmer than average away in the coast holiday weekend already. britain's prince william is revealing new personal details about his wedding last year. >> in a new documentary he says his grandmother the queen told him to rip up the original guest list and do it again himself to include his friends. >> william says the original list had more than 700 names

and he didn't know one person on it. >> the prince says he slept only a half hour the night before the wedding because he was so nervous. he didn't show it. >> nope. quite the trooper. we'll be right back. @ @ @ @ @ @

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partner at one of the bay area's best known venture capital firms. that's just about going to do it for us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> hang on to your hats this afternoon. >> absolutely if you are driving a high profile vehicle white knuckler warmer today but not going to feel that way with the winds. >> have a great day.