many hearts sank when they learned antolin garcia-torres was charged with her murder. they had hoped sierra would be found alive. one of sierra's classmates says he walked right by her just before he arrested him last night. >> get on the ground, get on the ground, then cars just swarmed from the undercover cops, so it's creepy, then they arrested him. >> i'm hoping there will be a conviction. i have a daughter of my own, and it just terrifies me. >> news of the arrest did not deter search and rescue teams. they did another search using sonar equipment which can pick up something as small as a handgun. they expect to be there for the rest of the week, not far from where the teen's belongings were found. >>> coming up in just a few minutes, sierra lamar is not the only one, we'll have more on the stunning revelation from the santa clara county sheriff that dozens of other girls are missing in the south bay. >>> in other news tonight, windy weather was a problem for crews in san francisco battling a fire in the dog patch neighborhood. flames could be seen shooting out of

they have linked garcia-torres to a string of assaults. this is a sketch of the suspect in those assaults. compare that to his mug shot. garcia-torres is behind bars. but the search for missing links in that chain of evidence continues. garcia-torres is expected to make his first appearance in court on thursday. >> thank you, jean. >>> so, it was one positive match that led to the arrest of garcia-torres. our chief investigator, tony coveless ski, reveals how they got it. >> we now know it was a dna hit that made garcia-torres, the prime suspect. he was arrested for resisting and obstructing a police officer, and convicted of a misdemeanor. but it was a felony arrest in 2010 that provided essential evidence in the case of sierra lamar. back in 2010, garcia-torres was arrested on two criminal founds. one for battery and a second r sexual intercourse. here's the key. on march 28th, two weeks after sierra lamar disappeared, sheriff's investigators had a positive match. garcia-torres' dna came up on sierra's clothing, about two miles from wher

garcia-torres is expected to be in court on thursday. live in morgan hill, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, kimberly. friends and classmates who hoped they would soon ceoer>>>, the arrest brings sadness and new despair. over to marianne favro who joins us live from morgan hill and, marianne, it has to be so hard on people. no one really wants to believe she's gone. >> reporter: absolutely especially the volunteers who have been searching for her for so long. now i'm here at the safeway parking lot where garcia-torres was arrested yesterday. some in the community say they're relieve d to know that e is behind bars and off the streets, but others say the murder charge has given them a new perspective. flowers sit on the driveway of the home where sierra lamar was last seen march 16th. and today more than two months later, antolin garcia-torres sits behind bars accused of kidnapping and murdering the 15-year-old. her mother has not given up hope. >> end this nightmare for us as a family. i'm not giving up hope. her body hasn'

investigators arrested garcia-torres. we begin with bob redell with the latest on the investigation. bob? >> yeah. good morning, we're outside the main jail here in the downtown san jose. where the suspect is in jail facing charges of kidnapping and murdering 15-year-old sierra lamar. the sheriff has promised more information at that news conference that jon mentioned which was scheduled for 8:00 this morning, a couple of hours from now. law enforcement arrested garcia-torres around 6:00 last night at a safeway in morgan hill where he works. they brought him to the sheriff's office for an interview, and as you can see they escorted him out for a ride over to booking at the jail. the sheriff tells us he is the registered owner of the red vw jetta seen around sierra's home around that morning of march 16th around the time that she disappeared. investigators did have him under surveillance prior to his arrest, and they do have a lot of physical evidence they tell us that connects him to her disappearance. >> public safety is

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,

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 brothe

lucero garcia - hermana de garcia-torres "quisieramos mucho hablar con ustedes pero mr. nos avisó que no hablaramos muchas gracias, si se pueden dirigir a él por favor". la familia de sierra lamar no acudi al tribunal pero un grupo de voluntarios estuvo presente para segn ellos, exigir que garcia-torres revele el paradero de la joven.. cu - anchor ---alerta en san francisco, despues de que un hombre trat de convencer a una jovencita de que se subiera a su camioneta. take vo ---ella esperaba el autobus ayer hacia las 8 de la maÑana, en la esquina de las calles palou y newhall, en la zona de bayview. ---el sujeto manejaba una camioneta van color naranja. ---al no convencerla de subir al auto, se baj e intento tomarla de la mano, pero ella huy y tom el autobus de transporte publico. ---la policia busca testigos del hecho. --el sospechoso es descrito como latino de 27 a 30 aÑos de edad, piel trigueÑa, pelo largo color negro. anchor --un hombre en nueva jersey, fue arrestado en conexin con un asesinato cometido hace 33 aÑos. take vo --pedro hernandez, de 51 aÑos, fue detenido

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

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.

fwar s garcia torres appeared prosecute a judge today. we learned more about the day she disappeared. we're live in morgan hill. george? >> reporter: jessica for the defense, that side has asked for more time to review documents and the judge fwrant egranted t request. on the prosecution aside there are questions whether they can solve the case without a body. >> i believe we can. i believe we can. i believe we have strong evidence. >> reporter: sant xlair ra county sheriff lori smith is convinced they have enough evidence. she says they're moving forward whether or not they find the body. >> it's not critical, but it would help. more than that, it's important for the family, for closure. >> reporter: new information from the statement of facts given to us by the it district attorney's office reveals sierra was very close to her home when she was kidnapped. quote, a tracking canine tracked her scent from her house to a point approximately midway down her street where the dog appeared to lose the scent. >> we charged garcia torres with mur

wait for sot "antolin garcía-torres ...sierra 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 saf

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 her. they searched the water, hill said, they searched grass lands. there were a couple pieces of evidence found at sierra sierra lamar's home

"tenemos evidencia de propiedad de garcía-torres de dna de sierra y tambien del otro lado, tenemos este conectando sierra a propiedad de garcia". el acusado es el dueÑo del volkswagen jetta rojo que fue confiscado por la polica y fue dentro de este auto donde encontraron rastros de la adolescente aunque no revelaron que tipo. emma spencer - voluntaria "no dijeron sangre, no dijeron que hayaron un navaja, nada, no hayaron nada so en mi mente voy a todavia pensar y creer que todavia está viva". sin embargo, la policia asegura que aunque no encontraron un arma, hay suficientes pruebas para determinar que sierra fue asesinada .. "garcía-torres no ha dado información a los detectives a cerca de donde podría estar sierra lamar". marlene lamar - madre de sierra lamar "we continue to pray until she's found, our search still is not gonna end". por su parte, la familia de la victima dice que seguir rezando porque creen que sierra todavia est viva mientras las autoridades anunciaron que quieren recuperar su cadaver. "todos los searches que vamos a hacer, ...que hemos hecho no van a parar.." la fam

garcia torres entered no formal plea to kidnapping charges. outside the courthouse, as sierra lamar supporters called for justice in the case, district attorney jeff rosen promised just that. >> i can tell you that we are carefully and painstakingly going through all of the evidence that we have thus far. i can tell you that we will do everything in our power to seek the truth and to seek justice for sierra lamar. >> reporter: in a complaint and statement of the facts released by the district attorney's office, probable cause for charges of kidnapping and murder are based largely on forensic evidence that links garcia torres and sierra lamar through dna evidence found on her clothing and in his car. the da was asked whether he'll seek the death penalty in this case >> this charge, murder under the special circumstance of kidnapping is a death penalty eligible charge. in the district attorney's office, we have a protocol in making our decision as to whether seek the death penalty, and we do that after reviewing all of the evidence in the case,

yesterday that dna match was confirmed, that's what prompted them to arrest garcia-torres. this is not the first time he was in trouble with the law. it was garcia's dna on file from a prior felony arrest that proved to be a key piece in solving this puzzle. that arrest was for felony assault. he was not prosecuted, but had to give his dna as a matter of procedure in all felony arrests. that dna matched dna in her clothing. bob told you earlier that was back on march 28th, less than two weeks after she had disappeared. sheriff's department seized that red jetta on april 7th. wasn't until yesterday they confirmed her dna was inside that car. that led sheriff's investigators to move on garcia-torres yesterday evening. the santa clara sheriff laurie smith said, and she admits, difficult to convict without a body, but she said the strength of the case is circumstantial and for ensick evidence. that led the district attorney to ask for murder charges. take a look at this. we track down what appears to be antolin garcia torres's miles per hour. you see a video tour of his apartmen

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 murd

antolin garcia-torres will remain locked up on no bail. live in san jose, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the chp says a tractor- trailer driver was speeding when his truck crushed a car. had a female passenger was killed but the driver of the car and the driver of the tractor-trailer only had minor injuries. >>> woman from redwood city pleaded not guilty to charges she torched his ex-boyfriend's bed while he slept. prosecutors say her ex- boyfriend awoke to flames. he suffered minor burns. >>> strong winds battering the bay area today and causing problems in san francisco. the great highway is closed because of so much blowing sands. it will stay closed till the winds slow down. the north bound lanes are shut down and the south bound lanes are closed. in the sierra the national weather service has red flag warning in effect with wind gusts topping 40 miles per hour and our chief meteorologist bill martin says temperatures will drop and snow is possible at the 5,000-foot level. snowplows are at the red a eand drivers are warn -- r

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

the 21-year-old in custody is antolin garcia-torres. terry mcsweeney is live outside the sheriff's headquarters in san jose with what we are learning. >> reporter: about two hours from now the sheriff is going to beholding a news conference the family of sierra lamar is expected to be there at that time we will be filling in a lot of questions that still remain. we know there's been an arrest for kidnapping and murder. the hope of a happy ending to this story appears to be gone. take a look at 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

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.

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

garcia torres lived until he was arrested. tonight he in the santa clara county jail without bail on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. news of the arrest was still sinking in at the mapleleaf rv park where the suspect lived with his wife, his 19-month-old child and his mother who did not want to believe her son was involved in the sierra lamar disappearance. >> i don't think so for him doing something. it is my son. what mom believes one of their kids doing something wrong? >> 21-year-old garcia torres was taken into custody monday night at a safe way parking lot in morgan hill. investigators had been keeping an eye on him for months. his mother says they found tracking devices on their cars. she spoke to her son after his arrest, and he denied any involvement she says with the girl's disappearance. >> he say he just passing clothes for his job. >> but never saw her? >> he say that. >> at one point step tees searched the mobile home. his sister said torres was cooperating with investigators. >> you would think that he would

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 with any information about the whereabouts of that red jetta with the black hood over the past couple of months. volkswagen jetta, garcia-torres, the owner of that. they have their suspect. they do not have the body of sierra lamar. much more information coming out this morning at 8:00, here at the sheriff's office in san jose. we will have that live on abc7. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> deputies arrested garcia-torres last night at the safeway store in morgan hill. amy hollyfield continues our li

garcia torres lived until he was arrested.ht he in the santa clara county jail without bail on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. news of the arrest was still sinking in at the mapleleaf rv park where the suspect lived with his wife, his 19-month-old child and his mother who did not want to believe her son was involved in the sierra lamar disappearance. >> i don't think so for him doing something. it is my son. what mom believes one of their kids doing something wrong? >> 21-year-old garcia torres was taken into custody monday night at a safe way parking lot in morgan hill. investigators had beenim for an eye on him for months. his mother says they found tracking devices on their cars. she spoke to her son after his arrest, and he denied any involvement she says with the girl's disappearance. >> he say he just passing clothes for his job. >> but never saw her? >> he say that. >> at one point step tees searched the mobile home. his sister said torres was cooperating with investigators. >> you would think that he would , i don'

garcia torres lived until he was arrested. tonight he in the santa clara county jail without bail on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. news of the arrest was still sinking in at the mapleleaf rv park where the suspect lived with his wife, his 19-month-old child and his mother who did not want to believe her son was involved in the sierra lamar disappearance. >> i don't think so for him doing something. it is my son. what mom believes one of their kids doing something wrong? >> 21-year-old garcia torres was taken into custody monday night at a safe way parking lot in morgan hill. investigators had been keeping an eye on him for months. his mother says they found tracking devices on their cars. she spoke to her son after his arrest, and he denied any involvement she says with the girl's disappearance. >> he say he just passing clothes for his job. >> but never saw her? >> he say that. >> at one point step tees searched the mobile home. his sister said torres was cooperating with investigators. >> you would think that he would

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

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

garcia torres' father is in jail suspected it of sexual abuse. his brother died of alcoholism. >> i just pray that he released information to help find sierra. >> sierra's family and 200 volunteers are holding to the hope that sierra is still alive. they fanned out on a renewed search today, and a sheriff's dive team looked again in the reservoir for a body. >> me as a parent i wouldn't give up until either her body is found alive or dead. but i am hoping she is alive. >> reporter: there is a concert and fundraiser scheduled for friday, and the next volunteer search is next wednesday. in morgan hill, nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. >>> developing news, strong, gusty winds are blowing through much of the bay area tonight. those high winds complicated fire fighting efforts east of a fire. it burned along highway 28 in the area of eastern sonoma county before being brought under control. the cause is under investigation. high winds are just as strong along the coast. this was bodega bay this afternoon. you can see the white caps on the wa

2 morning news is there as police arrested antolin garcia-torres monday night. the district attorney has enough to go to trial including dna evidence found in the vehicle but a murder conviction will be a challenge. >> they will want to get this wrapped up quickly. >> reporter: they continue to search for the missing teen and sierra lemar's family is still hopeful they will find her alive. they are scheduled for the hall of justice at 1:30, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> lorraine thank you and make sure you stay right here with continuing coverage for the sierra lemar case and we will be in court when sierra lemar makes his first appearance before a judge. >>> we have quite a few crashes which seems smoother today. >> it seems a little nicer and we are starting on the golden gate bridge, we had a lot of fog and it is a beautiful picture and i know i have been telling you a lot, as the bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary, just put it in the back of your mind, if you drive every day, it will be closed. right now the traffic looks good. also at the bay bridge.

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 l

---a "garcia torres" no le presentaron cargos por ese incidente...aron otros dos ataques contra mujeres que estaban en sus veÍculos... en uno de ellos el agresor utilizo una pistola de descarga eÉctrica (taser), y en otro un cuchillo. ---lo que muchos se preguntan hoy es, ¿quien es antoÍn garcia torres? ---esta tarde "edgardo quijano" hablo con la familia del sospechoso de secuestrar y matar a "sierra lamar", y ellos aseguran que "garcia-torres" es inocente... "edgardo" nos cuenta lo que le >>> tiene una niñita de un año y medio y siempre está con ella, este, tiene a su esposa que ahorita tiene están tres meses de embarazo, este, entonces, están esperando otro bebé, y muy cariñoso con la vida >>> así describe la familia al ahora sospechoso, para la futbol familia fue una sorpresa, todos en el grupo familiar son muy religiosos, por eso rezan por el sano regreso >>> me pongo en el lugar de la mamá, igual, si yo perdiera a mi hija e hiciera todo lo posible para tratar de que regresara a la casa, igual estoy sintiendo angustia y dolor por todo esto >>> t

and investigators say that bag had garcia-torres' dna.ven 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 investigators say belongs to garcia-torres shows proof of trauma, well, then prosecutors would have a stronger case to go on even without a body. and the d.a. could do a couple of things. decide to go after the death penalty or even drop that murder charge until he gets his hands on more evidence. reporting live in san jose, "chr christie smith. >> a dive team continuing that search for sierra's body. the sheriff department using d advance sonar equipment to check the waters south of lamar's hometown. several ponds and reservoirs have been searched in recent weeks and more will be checked this week. ground searches will also continue, although sierra's family is cancelling this saturday's search telling volunteers to please just spend

they led garcia torres out and to the main jail. they booked him on charges and kidnapping and murder. they are declining to talk about what garcia has said including whether he knows sierra lemar. >> we have probable cause to believe that he has committed the murder and kidnapping. we are charging him with murder. it is very difficult, it is very difficult to come to that position where we believe she is not alive. >> garcia torres is the owner of the red jetta and is associated with sierra lemar's disappearance. >> reporter: we have been told garcia torres has been on around the clock surveillance and there is dna evidence linking him to the clothing found in sierra lemar backpack. last year he was arrested for resisting a peace officers as well as -- officer as well as vandalizing a toilet. live in san jose, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> the man arrested for sierra lemar's disappearance was arrested at a safe way store. the entire city is now coming in support of the sierra lemar family during this difficult time.

garcia torres' father is in jail suspected it of sexual abuse.of alcoholism. >> i just pray that he released information to help find sierra. >> sierra's family and 200 volunteers are holding to the hope that sierra is still alive. they fanned out on a renewed search today, and a sheriff's dive team looked again in the reservoir for a body. >> me as a parent i wouldn't give up until either her body is found alive oram hoping she but i am hoping she is alive. >> reporter: there is a concert and fundraiser scheduled for friday, and the next volunteer search is next wednesday. in morgan hill, nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. >>> developing news, strong, gusty winds are blowing through much of the bay area tonight. those high winds complicated fire fighting efforts east of a fire. it burned along highway 28 in the area of eastern sonoma beint under control. the cause is under investigation. high winds are just as strong along the coast. this was bodega bay this afternoon. you can see the white caps on the water. wi not did not mind this at

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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

>>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 is facing one count of murder, and one count of kidnapping. prosecutors, this case is anything but a slam dump. >> reporter: the suspect remains here at the main jail in san jose tonight, we're told he's in protective custody. kept away from the general jail population. tomorrow afternoon he's scheduled to be walked over to the hall of justice for a 1:30 arraignment for the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar. the 21-year-old won't be seen like this when he was arrested monday night. there is an underground tunnel linking the main jail. sierra's body has yet to be found, and there is no murder weapon. yet the district attorney's office says it has enough evidence to go to trial. >> good teffs attorneys want to get this too trial -- defense attorneys want to get this to trial quickly. >> reporter: if a sierra's body isn't found, and he is acquitted. >> they cannot retry him if they find the body in a year or so. and there's evidence that he did it, it's game over. >> reporter: sources close to the investigation say the suspect told them early

antolin garcia-torres is here this morning and is set to be here later today.torres 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 c

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".

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 presidential visit in decades. you mentioned his schedule changed a little bit, huh? >> reporter: yeah, you know, it did change from what we understand. let me start by saying there is a real sense of excitement here in redwood city. president obama e

garcia torres' father is in jail suspected it of sexual abuse. his brother died of alcoholism. >> i just pray that he released information to help find sierra. >> sierrrra's family and 200 volunteers are holding to the hope that sierra is still alive. they fanned out on a renewed sesearch tododay, and a sheriffs dive team looked again in the reservoir for a body. >> me as a parent i wouldn't give up until either her body is found alive or dead. but i am hoping she is alive. >> reporter: there is a concert and fundraiser scheduled for friday, and the next volunteer search is next wednesday. in morgan hill, nick smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. >>> developing news, strong, gusty winds are blowing through much of the bay area tonight. those high winds complicated fire fighting efforts east of a fire. it burned along highway 28 in ee area of eastern sonoma county before being brought under control. the cause is under investigation. high winds are just as strong along the coast. this was bodega bay this afternoon. you can see the white caps on th

garcia-torres lived in this morgan hill rv park with his wife and child.is mother says he denied any involvement with lamar's disappearance. >> i don't think so for him doing something that is my son, police say one of the kids doing something wrong. >> investigators have been keeping an eye on garcia-torres for months. the family says they found fracking -- tracking devices on their cars, deputies even searched the mobile home where the family lived. stay with abc7 news and abc7news.com for continuing coverage of the sierra lamar investigation. we'll bring you any new developments as we get them. >>> we are following developing news in santa rosa. police are looking for the driver of a pick-up truck that slammed into an apartment building and then the truck took off. the driver sped off after crashing into a corner bedroom of this building on sunset avenue. the man inside the bedroom at the time was not hurt. there were also two other adults and three children in adjacent rooms, all okay and getting assistance from the red cross while police look for the

these are proveable case autos we're learning more about garcia-torres's background. how will this play a role? >> there are a number of ways. first of all they may give the incidents that may give rise to new charges. and this prior incident may be a factor in deciding whether to seek the death penalty. and in addition, it f.they're similar in any way if they show a signature these could possibly be substantive evidence of guilt. >> we're just hearing he could be connected to someone at that safeway. and certainly this could play a role. >> sure that, could be a factor if the safeway ask location are vit cal -- critical factors in the proof of the death. >> take us behind the scene was these investigations. what is going on behind the scenes? what are they working on that we don't know about? >> well, investigators are on the field developing evidence and what is going on is that if this man is still talking they're listening and everything he says may -- may very well give up details in trying to clear himself that will add pieces to the puzzle. you sit and listen a

antolin garcia-torres is facing one count of murder, and one count of kidnapping. for prosecutors, this case is anything but a slam dump. >> reporter: the suspect remains here at the main jail in san jose tonight, we're told he's in protective custody. kept away from the general jail population. tomorrow afternoon he's scheduled to be walked over to the hall of justice for a 1:30 arraignment for the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar. the 21-year-old won't be seen like this when he was arrested monday night. there is an underground tunnel linking the main jail. sierra's body has yet to be found, and there is no murder weapon. yet the district attorney's office says it has enough evidence to go to trial. >> good teffs attorneys want to get this too trial -- defense attorneys want to get this to trial quickly. >> reporter: if a sierra's body isn't found, and he is acquitted. >> they cannot retry him if they find the body in a year or so. and there's evidence that he did it, it's game over. >> reporter: sources close to the investigation say the suspect told them e

. >>> and this is antolin garcia- torres' court appearance, prosecutors have charged him with kidnapping and murder and say he is eligible for the death benelty. his dna was found on clothing inside a bag belonging to sierra lemar and that bag was found near her home during a search of her disappearance. they had more than 100 volunteers and they say the arrest of the suspect is helping them focus their searches. 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

garcia-torres is the owner of that. again, no body found and the public is being asked to please step forward again. >> that's why we need the budget lick's help. we've had thousands of volunteers the sheriff's office search-and-rescue team. we have done an extensive search we need more we need to find sierra. >> reporter: investigators say they have significant evidence from that jetta that red jetta with the black hood found earlier this month that had everybody talking. investigators were tight-lipped. 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

in 010 garcia-torres arrested for obstructing police when coming to arrest another man in his hoax garcia-torres says quote, get out of my house you pigs. he was charged with vandalism for graffiti and plugging a toilet in the jail cell. he wrote an apology letter saying i'm sorry. i got bored in there. sierra's sister says he will not control her family. >> we can't let him haunt us that way. like, we can't give him that power. >> and there are searchers still showing up and trying to do anything to help. we understand there will be no search saturday that is at the request her parents who would like to give volunteers the holiday weekend off with their families and the suspect will be arraigned tomorrow afternoon in san jose on murder and kidnapping charges. abc 7 news. >> tuesday. police say three women under stable condition of ak shot this afternoon in the tender loin district. the shooting happened just after 1:00 p.m. outside of a restaurant. the victims taken to san francisco general hospital. and investigators still looking for the male gunman. >> there is a woman watching television th

>> 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 business owners. >> one group posted this video. they wore black hoode

garcia-torres was arrested monday at a morgan hill safeway where he once worked. he's accused in the kidnapping and killing of 15-year-old sierra lamar who disappeared on her way to school march 16th. investigators say they found his dna on her clothes and a bag that was tossed in a field and recently tied her dna to his car. our legal analyst says without a body or a weapon, the d.a. will have to accomplish murder by circumstance, that all the important things in her life -- school, cell phone contacts -- stopped that day. investigators are tying him to at least one assault in the safeway parking lot. this arraignment establishes where the case is going. >> mr. garcia of torres is going to be formally told what these charges are that he's facing. we'll know whether he's facing murder and kidnapping charges but also know whether the other cases will be charged today. that's going to be a very significant development in this case because if the d.a. believes he's committed other assaults in morgan hill, they're going to use that to build their case for murder. >> c