antolin garcia torres. 21-year-old man from morgan hill. arrested this evening on a safeway store in morgan hill. sheriff's department called him the one and only suspect. he's the owner of that red jetta. tonight police are telling us that dna links him to the disappearance of sierra lamar and he has in fact murdered sierra lamar. charged tonight, one count of murder, one count of kidnapping. tomorrow morning the sheriff's department will hold a news conference. more details will be revealed, and sierra lamar's distraught parents will be there. it has been two, long horrible months for their family. tonight they received the worst possible news. >>> we have some other news tonight and only on nbc bay area, two years and $6 million later they're still not work. tonight our investigative unit is asking why vta's credit card readers are still not functional. chief investigative reporter tony kovaleski's following an intriguing paper trail. couple of issues here, tony. loss revenue and really what is the delay? >> reporter: well, raj,s vta say

. >> reporter: authorities took 21-year-old antolin garcia- torres into custody this evening. he was arrested in connection with the disappearance of sierra lamar. antolin garcia-torres is from morgan hill and has been booked at the jail. as we know sierra lamar has been missing for two months. she disappeared from her home. people have been searching for her for weeks. there was a big break in the case on may 8 when authorities recovered a red jetta used in the kidnapping of sierra lamar. more information will come out about the arrest tomorrow morning at 8:00 right here that sheriff's office. police have made an arrest, antolin garcia-torres was arrested tonight. >> as you know there have been a number of searches going on this sierra lamar disappeared. talk about the searches and the involvement of the class kids foundation. >> reporter: searches have been going on for weeks, mark class lost his daughter and he has been involved in the search efforts to try to find sierra lamar. people from all over the south bay, all over california has been involved in the searches to find

. >>> our coverage now continues, and tony, you have been digging into the past of antolin garcia-torres, investigators have been tracking for several weeks now. >> reporter: that they have, raj, and we are learning more about antolin garcia-torres. he attended morgan hills high school and recently worked as a day laborer, including work with scrap metal. we also found his criminal history, which turned out to be a key component leading to his arrest. >> he has a prior conviction for interfering with an officer, that's a misdemeanor. he has a prior felony arrest for an assault, that's what got him into the database, but that was not prosecuted. >> reporter: court records show antolin garcia-torres was arrested in 2009 for resisting and obstructing an officer. the police report says when tyhe arrived to arrest another man, garcia-torres told the police, "get out of my house you pigs." he was also convicted on the charge. a year later, another arrest, this time for two crimes, battery in the second, sexual intercourse with a minor. the battery included a fight with a friend of his sister's

antolin garcia-torres is being held without bail at the main jail. we have live team coverage tonight, ktvu's janine de la vega is live near the suspect's home with the long history antolin garcia-torres has had with law enforcement. >> reporter: antolin garcia- torres lived here at the rv park with his mother, his wife and his daughter. his sisters live a few miles away and they are already getting taunted by the public over the arrest. >> very upsetting. i mean, we can't go places without people recognizing us and saying rude comments. >> reporter: she shared pictures of her brother antolin garcia-torres. he is marid and has a dotter dotter and another baby on the way. the sisters says he has been cooperating with authorities. they say antolin garcia-torres did not know sierra lamar but investigators say dna evidence found links him to his murder. >> we have our own questions and things like that. i mean, just like anybody would stand by their family and say they are innocent and i believe that. >> reporter: his sisters haven't visited their brother

it appears the murder charge hinges on dna connecting antolin garcia-torres to sierra lamar. >> reporter: antolin garcia- torres first's court appearance, he did not say a word. and they asked for more time before he enters a plea that he kidnapped and murdered sierra lamar. >> made me sick to my stomach. i am angry. >> reporter: outside court supporters and friends of sierra lamar's family said they are still determined to find her. >> we are not going to give up. >> reporter: experts say finding a body is critical to getting a conviction. >> we don't have a body or a weapon and there is no murder scene. >> we will prove the case in a courtroom in front of a jury with facts. >> reporter: the possibility of a death penalty, some wonder if it might convince antolin garcia-torres to come clean. >> they are not supposed to use the death penalty as a bargaining chip. they may be willing to consider that. >> reporter: despite defending antolin garcia-torres in an interview yesterday, his family had nothing to say this afternoon. antolin garcia-torres will remain locked up on no bail. live in

his name is antolin garcia- torres. police arrested him at a safe way store at 6:00 last night and hours later ktvu channel 2 morning news got these exclusive pictures you are looking at, at antolin garcia- torres as he was taken to the main jail in san jose. we have this developing story and allie rasmus is in morgan hill with how the community is reacting to all of this but first let's start with tara moriarty, you are at the santa clara's main jail in san jose, tara? >> yes, we were the only people here when the sheriff let the suspect out of the building and we found court documents and found antolin garcia-torres has been in trouble before. he was arrested for trouble with a peace officers. they are trying to find out sierra lemar's location. around 9:00 last night antolin garcia-torres was escorted out of the sheriff's office and to the main jail and they booked him on charges of kidnapping and murder. >> we have evidence that leads us to believe and we have probable cause to believe that he has committed the murde

this man in jail this morning, a antolin garcia-torres. explaining what led investigators to garcia-torres and why the investigation right now is far from over. >> and we were looking for anyone who had seen where that car was. we still want more information. if there's any witnesses. >> well, smith will speak again at a press conference coming up at 8:00. sierra lamar's family expected to be there, as well. and we'll, of course, have more live reports on this developing story coming up a little bit later on. >>> well, this arrest coming off weeks of investigation. and the fact the suspect has already been charged with murder is extremely significant. here's the investigative unit with more on that. >> sources have been telling us for several days the sheriff investigators already close to making an arrest, close to closing in on the man they believed responsible for the disappearance of sierra lamar. sheriff department confirming last night that in morgan hill they arrested antolin garcia-torres, a 21-year-old male from morgan hill after s

and then they arrested their suspect, antolin garcia-torres. e you stay right here and in 30 minutes we're expected to hear from sheriff officials. they will tell us more about garcia torrez and what let -- and what led investigators to him. >>> berkeley's police chief is already under fire for sending an officer to a reporter's house after midnight. now, the chronical reports that -- the chief has -- has declined to comment about the insdy ent-- incident. >>> oakland police arrived at a home on hay street and found a woman who claimed she had been kidnapped. but now police learned the woman was not kidnapped. two men had been detained on suspicion of pimping. we'll have more on that, we've -- but we've seen -- a driver abusing a passenger. three witnesses apparently called police. the driver got a flat tire. so police were able to catch to him and arrest him. >>> the man who was accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash is due to appear in in court. he's a lawyer from san ramon, charged with hitting and killing a bicyclist last week. police used i.

wait for sot "antolin garcía-torres ... ierra lamar" con vo esta maÑana la alguacil del condado de santa clara confirm que antolin garcia-torres, de 21 aÑos de edad, fue arrestado y esta siendo acusado de secuestrar y asesinar a sierra lamar. cu buenas noches les saluda csar bayona ... en ausencia de blanca garza. cu --- tal y como se lo informamos anoche, las autoridades arrestaron a un sospechoso de secuestrar y asesinar a la adolescente sierra lamar... su a-d-n fue la pieza clave para arrestarlo. ---mayra tostado tiene los detalles. 0:20 0:27 1:32 2:01 take pkg ms de dos meses despues de haber desaparecido, la oficina del alguacil de santa clara anunci hoy que sierra lamar no est viva.. sgto. jos cardoza - portavoz, ofic. alguacil, cdo. santa clara "no hemos encontrado a sierra lamar en este caso pero creemos muy strong, creemos mucho que el señor antolin garcia-torres es responsable por el kidnapping y por el homicidio de sierra lamar". el sospechoso fue detenido la tarde de ayer en el estacionamien to de una tienda safe

antolin garcia-torres faces one count of murder and one count of kidnapping sierra lemar. hannel 2 morning news was there as police arrested antolin garcia-torres monday night and they have enough to go to trial but a murder conviction will not be easy. prosecutors do not have a murder weapon upon but sierra lemar's family is hopeful she is alive somewhere. >> we still want her back and we will never give up. >> reporter: about 180 volunteers continued their search for the missing teen and antolin garcia-torres is schedule here at halt of justice at 1:30 today and cameras will be allowed inside that courtroom live. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> now the two young women are stunned their brother is accused of killing her and the devastating impact will be felt on their lives. >>> it is a 33-year-old -- it was a 33-year-old murder case. he disappeared on his way to school. that disappearance gained nationwide attention and he was one of the first to appear on milk cartons. now they have a man in custody who implicated himself in the disappearance. he identified himself as p

he is 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres. it's unclear if he knew her prior to her disappearance. we do know he is the registered owner of a red volkswagen jetta seen around the neighborhood around the same time she disappeared. there is a dna match between the car and sierra lamar's clothing. >>> it is 5:23 right now. a plane crash in southern california leaving an entire neighborhood without power. federal aviation administration spoke people say the pilot reported engine problems about 8:00 last night, three miles from a small public airport. the plane ultimately hit three power poles in glendale, california, before slamming right into the ground. the pilot, you can see, was taken to the hospital, only suffering major injuries. we're happy to report nobody on the ground was hurt. about 2,000 homes in that area lost power after the crash. >>> 5:24 right now. time to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. how are we looking? >> great-looking day shaping up. as you're waking up trying to pick out your outfit,

we are learning more about antolin garcia-torres' past and what his family is saying. ktvu's janine de la vega spoke to his relatives this afternoon. >> reporter: frank, we are here at the rv park where antolin garcia-torres lives with his mother, his wife and his daughter. the family says their heart go out to sierra lamar's family but they are devastated over the latest developments. >> reporter: she shared paragraphs of antolin garcia- torres. >> it is hard to see him behind a caged, locked up, thinking -- we are thinking he is innocent. >> reporter: they say ever since their brother was arrested for the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar they have been taunted. >> that is your uncle on tv. you know, he samurderrer. -- he is a murderer. >> reporter: we asked about his past crim2348 record. -- crim2348 record -- criminal record. >> he got in the way of a suspect. >> reporter: he was also charged with intercourse with a minor and they had a child and now expecting another. deputies arrested him for battery when he punched his sister's boyfriend and now police are li

antolin garcia-torres remains behind bars. volunteers will be back out this morning searching for the morgan hill teen. bob redell is live in morgan hill this morning with more on those efforts. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. even law enforcement is convinced sierra lamar is dead, that they believe that she was kidnapped and murdered. her family and many of the volunteer searchers are not convinced and hoping that this new information will not deter people from coming out here later this morning to the search center to help find this missing 15-year-old girl. >> you know, so many people have, you know, record breaking numbers shown up at the search center, thousands of people, law enforcement. i believe that will is a reason why she wasn't found. we are not giving up on that. >> reporter: marlene lamar, that was her yesterday -- yesterday's news conference at the sheriff's office the mother of sierra lamar. the sheriff announced more details about the arrest of antolin garcia-torres. he is a 21-year-old man fr

lot of people saying there's no doubt about it, they have the man who did it, 21-year-old antolin garcia-torreshe 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 we 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 evid

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 evide

antolin garcia-torres is here this morning and is set to be here later today. orres faces one count of murder and one count of kidnapping 15-year-old sierra lemar and this is the first time we will be able to see antolin garcia-torres since monday night. they don't have a weapon and crews and volunteers have evidence against him but the case for murder will not be easy. >> they cannot retry him if they find the body and if there is evidence on the body that shows he did it, the game is over. >> reporter: we are told cameras will be allowed inside the courtroom and for the first time we may hear from the suspect. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> there are sisters who show photographs of them with their brother. the two young women say they are stunned their brother is accused of kidnapping sierra lemar and they are remaining confident he had nothing to do with her disappearance. >> it is hard to see him behind a cage locked up, we are thinking he is incident. >> they stand behind their brother despite his criminal record. he also has a previous co

antolin garcia torres was arrested yesterday at a safeway in morgan hill. the family says he has a one and a half-year-old child and a pregnant wife, and that he had actually given interview with investigators. they also say he had given two dna swabs and had totally cooperated with the investigation. they think he may be a target because his car might have been in the area when she disappeared, but right now, they're in shock. >> ever since we found out what, you know, that he could be involved or -- it's just, it's a shocker to all of us. he of course didn't do it. he 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 is not capable of that. there's no motive like was mentioned at the press, there's no motive. >> reporter: i also spoke with a former landlord this morning who said that she had considerable troubles with his family on the property and that it took two years to evict them, and she said even now, she's being contacted about them from various attorneys and what not. so she said she

they have been searching creaks because antolin garcia-torres like to go fishing. >> we also have people who have seen him that know him that will laying potential areas to search. >> the dive team team will resume their search. antolin garcia-torres reportedly went fishing there around the time sierra lemar vanished. >>> one suspect told his own mother he was involved in last year's brutal beating outside dodgers' stadium. that admission came in an audiotape he played. you can see march develop norwood talking on a phone he made from los angeles police. he made the call shortly after last july. listen closely. >> hey, mom, i got arrested for that thing. i don't like to say this over the phone but i was involved. >> could it be mark cass people's 9. >> reporter: now the tape was played during a preliminary hearing to find out if there was enough evidence to try him. the two men are accused in the savage beating that caused bryan stow's critical brain injury. you can go to our website for more, just click on the bryan stow tab on our website www.ktvu.com. >>> it was mitt romney's most suc

the suspect is this man antolin garcia-torres.say they know who did it, the how and the why are still a mystery. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in morgan hill.

witnesses tell us for the first time we may actually hear from the suspect, antolin garcia- torres. >>> we are now hearing from two sisters of antolin garcia- torres. they shared photographs and the two young women say they are stunned he is accused of kidnapping sierra lemar and his arrest is having a devastating impact on their lives. they say their children are now being taunted at school. >> they are like oh, that is your uncle, he is a murderer. >> now the sisters are aware they are aware of his past criminal record and dna evidence led him to an salt in morgan hill in 2009 and has a previous conviction for interfering with a police officer. we will be in court when antolin garcia-torres makes his first appearance before a judge. >>> he is expected of trying to lure a teenage girl into his van. it happened in the bay view district. police say a man in an orange van pulled up to her an offer offered to give her a ride. when she refused, he tried to grab her. he is latino, dark skin, a thin build and long black hair. >>> now a you tube video, they are rekindling things a mock busin

cu ---ante el anuncio de la detencion de antolin garcia torres, take vo ---su familia ,que tambien viver de la bahia, ha salido a defenderlo firmemente tras entererarse de las acusaciones que la policia ha entablado en contra de garcia torres... ---la madre del sospechoso asegura que el porvenir de un hijo que antolin espera, esta en riesgo... s.o.t. laura torres/madre de sospechoso 19:43:00 tantito asi piensen en los babies, emily no tiene la culpa de que alguien haya hecho algo y su papá este acusado por algo que le va a quitar vivir con su padre, ahora ese nuevo baby que viene en camino no va a tener a su papá ahi para que lo mire nacer, para que lo mire crecer. s.o.t. 21:26:00 yo sé que si alguien lo hizo va a decir sabes que pues suelta a tu hijo, aqui estoy, yo voy a pagar lo que hice, no, pero por favor tengan consideración y si alguien sabe algo, miro algo, diganlo, y también si mi hijo hizo algo, pues tendrá que pagarlo. s.o.t. sister of course he didn't do it. he did not do it, everybody says that. vo ---la hermana del sospechoso afirma que su it, everybody says that. vo ---la

>>pam: but we are learning more about a antolin garcia torres. an spoke with relatives, a former teacher in a police. >> the arrest of garcia thorez for ordering the sierra lamar is not his first run bid with a lot. >> the suspect was arrested back into the of the line for resisting arrest. all >> in addition to the bis to be resisting arrest and conviction he was arrested for felony assault. that case was not prosecuted. he has now been linked to mr. de 2009 assaults were women were attacked with a knife and the t's are outside of to difference if we stores in morgan hill. >> the suspect has appeared linked to one case into the other two cases are still under investigation. >> authorities confirmed that garcia torres was a safeway employee at the time of those incidents, police released this sketch of the suspect. prior to his work at safeway, garcia thorez attended central high school in the market now. >> my view of this kid is that he would never do something like this. he would ever commit this kind are. i am at a loss as to what happened. >>

antolin garcia-torres suspected of kidnapping and killing sierra.he community at this point is undaunted. bob redell live in morgan hill where a group of people are not giving up on finding the teenag teenager. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. some of the volunteers here at see ire a certain much center say their focus has not changed consideringing the fact that law enforcement has not found a weapon and they have not found a body. so in spite of what the sheriff's office saying, their focus is on finding a living person and not a body when that volunteer search resumes around 8:00 this morning. investigators are convinced otherwise. they believe the man they arrested, antolin garcia-torres, they believe he kidnapped the 15-year-old girl on the morning of march 16 and then murdered her. his mistake in favor of law enforcement of course was abandoning a bag of her clothes in a field not far from sierra lamar's home. in it, dna. investigators plugged that dna into a criminal dna database and out came his name. garcia-torres, 21-year-ol

los voluntarios dicen que no creen que antolin garcia-torres, de 21 aÑos de edad, haya asesinado a sierraamar despues de presuntament e secuestrarla porque las autoridades no han encontrado sangre ni un arma.. blanca velsquez - voluntaria "no sé ni que pensar porque tenemos esperanza de que ella este viva todavia, no hay pruebas de que algo le haya pasado so estamos aqui para ayudar a la familia, para darles support". steve lamar - padre de sierra lamar "lots of crying and it's kind of a surreal state" la familia de la joven dice que ha pasado muchas horas llorando pero que sigue pensando que su hija no ha muerto y quieren que garcia-torres revele su paradero.. linda avila - voluntaria "esperamos, todos esperamos que ella esta viva, que por una razon no se ha encontrado y quizas este en algun lugar y la encontremos". algunos de los voluntarios dicen que pensaron haber visto al sospechoso en el centro de busquedas pero esa informacion fue descartada por el presidente de la fundacin klaaskids.. mark klaas - presidente, "klaaskids foundation" "we looked through all of our records yesterday".

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take pkg por primera vez, el presunto asesino de sierra lamar, antolin garcia-torres, de 21 aÑos de edadcompareci ante un juez en san jos donde esta detenido sin derecho a fianza jeff rosen - fiscal, cdo. de santa clara "a few moments ago, we charged antolin garcia-torres with murder and the special circumstance of kidnapping". el sospechoso fue acusado de asesinato y de haber secuestrado a sierra lamar la maÑana del 16 de marzo mientras la joven se dirigia a la escuela.. emma spencer - voluntaria "llegó con su cabeza para abajo, a lo mejor que estos días ha pensado que hizo y ojala que lo ha pensado y ahora quiere decir a donde está". el fiscal dice que su oficina estar analizando todas las pruebas que tiene en su poder para determinar si deben pedir la pena de muerte para garcia-torres.. steven clark - experto legal "we don't have a body, we don't have a weapon, and there's really no murder scene at this point". steven clark, experto legal, dice que sin un cadaver, un arma o un lugar donde se cometi el presunto asesinato de sierra, ser dificil hacer esta peticin y que su elemento mas f

found the fact her body has not been found gives us hope. 20-year-old morgan hill resident antolin garcia-torreser evidence connected him to sierra. the sheriff says garcia-torres is linked to three other assaults in 2009. we'll have a full report at 11. >>> right now a check on your morning commute. >>> a lot of accidents everywhere two southbound 680 north main, one at 24 jammed through walnut creek. continues to be a mess on the peninsula both situations bad south 101 because of a spill south 280 alternate just as crowded. >> a check with mike, >>> here's a look at temperatures right now 60s mountain view, concord, fairfield and antioch partly sun nay long the coast mostly sunny for the rest of us, low 80s inlap. -- cooler tomorrow through ♪ >>> happy birthday. happy birthday. what are we listening to right now? i know you want to know. the great sounds. and actually, you're looking at an exclusive world-premiere from "up all night" the live tour dvd from supergroup, one direction. they're huge right now. the dvd comes out next week. it also kicks off their sold-out u.s. summer tour. >> wow.

. >> the charge antolin garcia torres with murder. let the special circumstance of fat fees. >> supporters of her missing more than a teenager with outside the courthouse very the suspect's family says he is a victim, not a killer. his life felt the media to speak with their lawyer. >>pam: a man accused of high enough to have killing sierra lamar went in front of a judge for the first time today. >> the first quarter parents by the suspect lasted all of the two minutes. let's take a look at the core of the 23 at about room 30 p.m. at the hall of a justice. he was shackled at the hands in the sea. the 21 year-old morgan hill residents said nothing and kept his head down during the entire proceeding. many family members were in the courtroom. he is charged with kidnapping and murder based on a complete all of which

person according to the sheriffs kidnapped and kid -- and killed sierra lamar, 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres arrested at a grocery store yesterday. investigators not giving us a lot of information the exact sequence of events leading to the arrest of garcia-torres. they say he's the person and right now they believe the only suspect in the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar, 15-year-old who disappeared march 16th. she left home investigators believe on her way to the school bus stop and disappear. her body has yet to be found. key piece of evidence the volkswagen jetta found this month red with black hood, garcia-torres is the owner. police are asking the public to keep trying. >> we need the public's help we've had thousands of volunteers, we've had the sheriff's office search-and-rescue team. we have done an extent search we need more. we need to find sierra. -- >> reporter: the klasskids foundation which has been leading the search in morgan hill for anything that might lead to her recovery or reunion, they say they are going to be having their search tomorrow, despite the tax that ant

they say they are now focusing on creaks and waterways because antolin garcia-torres said he liked to go fishing. the santa clara sheriff's department's dive team will resume their search either today or tomorrow and antolin garcia-torres reportedly went fishing there around the time sierra lemar went missing. >>> and a teacher is being investigated on child pornography charges. that arrest is a result of a nine month investigation after receiving a report that he had child pornography. he lost his job at will rogers elementary school once they learned of the investigation. they don't think he committed any lewd & lascivious conduct with any students. >>> and troops again are once again attacking the city of hule loo la where more than 100 villagers were killed last week. the ultimatum they are giving the syrian government if the attacks continue. >>> they are coming up short because facebook's stock is not meeting the governor's expectation. they were counting on $1.5 billion from state income from people who bought and sold facebook stocks. it is hooferring near -- hoovering near $2

. >>> antolin garcia-torres has been charged with the murder of sierra lamar. today the sheriff's department continued to search for her body. there is a sense of urgency to find her body because prosecutors are trying to their build case against antolin garcia-torres. the family said he often fished but kron 4 news spoke to several there who said they never seen him. they will not searching till they have covered the entire area. >>> police are trying to identify a body that was found yesterday. it is unclear how and when the woman died. she had blue polish on her nails, there are no missing person's reports in the area which matched the woman's description. they are now waiting autopsy results and checking with other agencies to find out her identity. >>> still ahead tonight a frightening fall for an 80-year- old woman celebrating her birthday. we will show you the video. [ mechanical humming ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is th

now they are saying the owner of that antolin garcia-torres is the prime and the only suspect in the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar. this morning at 8 a.m. investigators are going to be here along with the family members of receiver, her mother, possibly her sister and father are going to be here with investigators give us more information on this case and to talk about it. it going to be carried live on abc7 news and abc7news.com. live in san jose, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> the arrest was made at a morgan hill supermarket not far from where the teen went missing. deputies took garcia-torres -- arrested him at the safeway store before 6:00 last night. a witness who saw the arrest says deputies had guns drawn when they took the suspect into custody but there was no incident he was booked in connection with sierra lamar's disappearance. as you heard terry say investigators plan a news conference at 8:00 this morning and we will bring it to you live stay with abc7 news and abc7 news could the many -- abc7news.com for continuing coverage. >>> golden state warriors and san fr

garcia torres sat in the first row. here's what they had to say. >> reporter: this is the wife of suspend killer antolin garcia torres, a woman who is said to be three months pregnant. garcia torres's mom was also in the courthouse thursday as she walked back to her car, i could tell she had been crying and was doing what she could to hold back the tears. when asked in spanish if she had a message for her son, she responded that she's already given him that message. garcia torres's sisters were also within this group, but they along with his wife did not say much. >> he would love to talk. mr. man dell has advised us not to. thank you. >> you were able to speak with your brother? >> please respect our decisions as a family. you can direct yourself to mr. mendel. >> please talk to mr. mendel. >> can you tell us your emotions? obviously this has to be a tough time. >> reporter: some of the family members who you saw there have previously said that antolin is innocent. but you saw there, they have obviously changed their tone. reporting in san jose, jr stone, kron4 news. >> stay with kron4 for continuing coverage on this d

on thursday, antolin garcia torres made his first appearance in court after being arrested. >> this isrra lamar disappeared. that evening her mother about an automated phone call that her daughter was absent. the next esurance deputies began searching nearby fields to discover herself of in a field a couple of blocks away. >> antolin garcia torres was monitored starting 12 days after the disappearance of sierra lamar. on may 8th sheriff's deputies revealed they have and how did a red volkswagen jetta with a distinctive black hood. >> the vehicle was seen in the general area where sierra disappeared furious we now know the car was owned by garcia torras. he was arrested after his dna was allegedly detective is on sierras belongings. >> team coverage continues now. those that know the suspect is surprised by the arrest and they believe it is a mistake. >> he attended central high school in morgan hill. fix them he was a good kid as far as his behavior and personality. he was always a very pleasant and respectful. not the most academically excitable kid, he was not someone you'd think wou

antolin garcia-torres was in the courtroom for less than 60 seconds. he said nothing and did not enter a plea. >> you are right, it was the briefest of court appearances for the suspect. the suspect's family was there and in addition to that, her friends and supporters were there. there was extra law enforcement and media but the defendant showed absolutely no emotion. antolin garcia-torres appeared in court for the first time to face charges he kidnapped and murdered sierra lamar. if he remained somber as his defender ask for a postponement in entering a plea because it was just assigned the case. garcia torahs stared at the ground during his brief appearance. outside the court the d.a. said he is seeking the maximum charge >> this charge of murder in the special circumstance of kidnapping is eligible for the death penalty >> his mother and siblings and wife exited the building together but said very little. sierra lamar family did not attend the hearing but dozens of volunteer search members did, some of them carried signs with her picture pleading f

they were not solved. >> reporter: the case against antolin garcia-torres goes far beyond sierra lamaryears ago, without the search crews or candlelight vigils, there were a series of assaults that investigators believe might be linked to garcia-torres. among the women that were attacked, this 38-year-old from morgan hill. she doesn't want to be identified are or appear on camera, about but she describes for us her harrowing he escape whom she believes was garcia-torres. she says, i sensed someone walking behind me, so i started walking faster. so did he. this all happened at the morgan hill safeway, the same store garcia-torres used to work and was arrest on may 21st. she adds it was 11:00 at night. thank god i was able to get side my car. i looked up and saw him staring right at me through the window. he had a very smug lack and those pursed lips i'll never forget. though she got away untouched, her description of the man led to this police sketch and in the last few weeks she says investigators have been in close contact with her. her account could bolster the d.a.'s current case. s

investigators say 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres did not know sierra lamar and that this was a random kyle. police say the dna evidence from -- crime. police say the dan evidence from her clothing linked the suspect to her clothing and apparent killing. tara moriarty has led up to -- tara moriarty will have more on this coming up. >>> a large house fire broke out a couple of hours ago in bethel island in the area of stone road and bethel island road. the first emergency call came in at 3:06 this morning. we've been told one house burned to the ground. another house is damaged. authorities say no one has been hurt in this two-alarm fire. we're keeping track of this story. we'll bring you more redales and more information as soon as it comes in. >>> santa rosa police are searching for the driver of the car that smashed into an apartment building and took off. it happened on sunset after at about 11:30 last night. six people were inside the apartment including three children. the truck crashed into a bedroom where people were sleeping. but fortunately, nobody was hurt. >> the vehicle did

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live here in morgan hill, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> the suspect antolin garcia-torres expected to make his first court appearance on kidnapping and murder charges. investigators say dna evidence found on sierra's clothes with suspect's car will help make the case. garcia-torres previously given authorities dna sample after an arrest in 2010. his family's skeptical about the link. >> they say there's evidence of dna in the bag. but what were they? that's something they didn't want to say. why would they say he's the one? why do they say this is what we found in the bag? >> his sister tells nbc bay area she's shocked about the charges her brother faces. she says he is a family man, a husband, and a father of a baby girl with another one on the way. make sure to stay tuned to nbc bay area for coverage on air and online nbcbayarea.com. key word, sierra lamar. >> now to decision 2012. president obama is headed back to the bay area today to fill his campaign coffers again. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in redwood city with more on how the city's getting ready for its first pr

take a look at the suspect, 21-year-old antolin garcia-torres of morgan hill arrested last evening at a grocery store in morgan hill. he's been booked on kidnapping and murder charges. santa clara county investigators not releasing the exact sequence of events leading to arrest. but they are confident he is the person. right now they believe the only suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old sierra lamar who disappeared march 16th, on her way to the school bus stop. her body has yet to be found. the key piece of evidence that volkswagen jetta found this month. garcia-torres is the owner. the sheriffs talked about it last evening. >> there's significant evidence associated with the jetta. we have had had jetta. we were looking for people to tell us where they've seen the jetta before the crime, the day of the crime and after the crime. we wanted to see if there are more people that know where he goes, what his habits are to add additional information to our investigation. >> reporter: the sheriff saying this case is far from over. she asking the public to still come forward w

off her property in the bag, we found dna from antolin garcia torres. received those lab results on march 28th. and from march 28th until present time, we've had 24 hour a day surveillance on garcia. we needed additional information, we were continuing the investigation. we were hoping he would lead us to where sierra was. our surveillance efforts were around the clock because public safety was our primary concern. we also have information that we just recently developed that there were three assaults in morgan hill about three years ago, in march of 2009, we have linked one of those to our suspect through forensic evidence. he was booked last night for murder and kidnapping. the family is here. we're not certain if the family will come down apd talk with you. i believe that they will, but this is a very, very difficult time for them, and we just really wish to express our deepest condolences to the family. i will take some questions. >> laurie, what prompted the arrest now? >> we had additional -- we got the initial dna from her property that we found

. >> antolin garcia torres is currently being held without bail at santa clara county jail. it has been to and a half months of wonder what happened to sierra lamar. the mother made an emotional plea: re what happened. police believe this was a random of nsc europe was murdered. , was arrested monday night at the safeway supermarket where he worked. yet it's vividly be abducted and killed zero lamar. his dna of was found on a purse belongs this year lamar. >> it is my belief that this was purely random. this is the worst kind of crime, a stranger abduction of a young girl. >> police were hoping that he would lead them to the body. police to seize a car in early april. >> we do have the physical evidence linking syria to his vehicle. >> the mother, father and sister of sierra lamar attended the announcement of the rest thinking all the volunteers who have helped search for her. >> please give the information to lead us to sierra can help end this nightmare. i hope you'll come forward and say where she is. >> volunteers will be at burnett elementary to surge again for her body

antolin garcia-torres has been held without bail since his arrest late monday.e're told he's in protective custody, that is away from the general population inside the jail. what will happen is he'll head to court and a judge will read the formal charges against him. prosecutors believe that they do have enough evidence to send the 21-year-old to prison. though there is no body or no weapon. but the exact charges will be filed today. on tuesday, the day after his arrest at a morgan hill safeway, the santa clara county sheriff says detectives gathered direct and circumstantial evidence that he killed 15-year-old sierra lamar. she disappeared on her way to school on march 16th after she disappeared, her cell phone and a bag of clothes were found. and investigators say that bag had garcia-torres' dna. even with all that, though, one legal analyst says a murder charge may be tough to prove without a body. >> going to attack this case. that i they're going to say you haven't proved this defendant -- >> he says if the dna evidence inside the red jetta that investigat

garcia-torres, accused of kidnapping and killing the morgan hill teenager. smith says sierra lamar was apparently targeted at random. we also learned today that investigators found dna from antolinarcia-torres on lamar's clothing which was found not far from her home the following days after her disappearance. the link to the suspect was able to make that link because of a data bank from a prior arrest. garcia-torres has been under constant surveillance since march 28. investigators say they had hoped it would lead them to sierra. >> these are very, very difficult cases. to prosecute a homicide when you have not found the victim, but it has been done and i think that we have adequate facts, in fact, strong facts to believe that she has been murdered. >> end this nightmare for us as a family. i'm not giving up hope. her body hasn't been found. >> court records show garcia-torres was arrested in 2009 for resisting and obstructing an officer. a year later another arrest, this time for two crimes, battery and sexual intercourse with a my are nor. police believe he may be connected to three assaults in 2009 as well. garcia-torres is expected to appear in court thursday in san jose. >

we will tell you what is next for antolin garcia torres. >>darya: vandals destroying areas of the mission district earlier this month. you will not believe a took a video. >>james: today's weather will develop like this, mostly clear to start with, winds. expect a windy day with temperatures that will be colder than yesterday in the mostly clear but still windy as we head of the night. a look at the forecasts and a slim chance of rain coming up tomorrow in a bit. >>erica: no problems as each of inside the car and head towards the freeways. a light in the easy ride. the east bay freeways are still moving well. slow on westbound highway 4 but no problems reported in the south bay. it is a smooth and easy ride along 101 southbound coming out of marin county. >>mark: new this morning a major development in a 33 year old missing children's case. police in new york city have a suspect in custody in connection with the disappearance of a six year old. the suspect has been identified as pedro hernandez. hernandez apparently implicated himself in th

. >> antolin garcia torres attended central high school in morgan hill. >> he was a kid kid as far as his behavior and personality. he was always a very pleasant. always respectful. he was not the most academically excitable kid. you would nothing he had a dark side. " a former teacher said he cannot believe he has been arrested for murder. >> i was in total shock. kron4 >> i think he is innocent. aha >> he has the arrested for felony assault with that case has now been prosecuted. the has been linked to one of three assaults in a sieve with parking lot. authorities confirmed he was a safeway employee. >> we have evidence that we were able to obtain back in 2009 and has been linked to the suspect. >> friends of sierra lamar are holding out hope that she is alive. >> a cat's dish used it because they have not found her body. i still have some hope the she is alive. >> will comes to my mind is that someone hurt her. >> it made me sad. i would rather her be found than anything else. >>justine: the shares is saying their investigation centered on siri torres early on. as fbi agents during

. >> hay que agregar que el sospechoso antolin garcia torres estará en el condado de santa clara a lasde la tarde. >> tres mujeres resultaron baleadas en un tiroteo de san francisco, la balacera fue en el área de (hablan en inglés) las víctimas están a salvo, al parecer conocian al atacante . >> la policía investiga robos consecutivos en los últimos meses, después de robar la casa la quemaron, el más reciente fue el fin de semana cuando los vecinos encontraron la casa en llamas. >> un ataque sexual fue realizado en mayo, crime stoppers da recompensa por información relacionada con el caso . >> el concilio de san josé rechazo una ordenanza del sueldo minimo, se dice que la comunidad esta dividida respecto al tema . >> los votantes decidiran, dicen las autoridades que es suficiente cinco meses para analizar la propuesta. >> tiene buen y mal lado, por que, de dónde sacaremos el dinero?. >> los residentes de san josé tienen un tema más de que preocuparse, es para la propuesta de incrementar el sueldo minimo con un ajuste anual dependiendo de la inflacion . >> ayudaria mucho a las personas

antolin garcia-torres expected to enter his plea. arrested last week after dna evidence allegedly linked him to the missing morgan hill girl. search parties are still trying to track down any signs of sierra whose body has still not been found. she was last seen the morning of march 16th heading to school. >>> well, this morning, one man is dead and three others on the run after a jewelry store robbery went wrong. christie smith is live in san ramon where tepolice are tryingo track down this team of robbers. >> reporter: that's right. san ramon police are looking for three men that got away. reviewing surveillance tape of this strip mall after four armed men burst into the jewelry store. one of them was shot and later died, possibly shot by the store owner or an employee of golden treasures here on san ramon valley boulevard. it was really bold. four of the gunmen ran inside in broad daylight around 4:30 in the afternoon. but the robbery attempt fell apart quickly when one of the suspects was shot, ran outside looking for help during