on the right you see the man we now know as garcia torrez. police created the sketch after three attacks outside safeway stores in morgan hill. >>> any lawyer will tell you that prosecuting a murder suspect is far more difficult when there is no body. that's one reason why the class kids foundation the coordinated searches they have organized will continue until the 15-year- old is found. >> they arrested a suspect who does not have a prior conviction, no past of violence, they do not have a victim or a weapon. >> they have a search scheduled for the weekend. >>> tonight we're learning more about the 21-year-old suspect and also hearing from his family. our team coverage continues with amber lee. she is live in in morgan lee and has been learning for about garcia torrez in the neighborhood he lives. >> reporter: we're at the mobile park where the suspect lives with his mother and other family members, there is now a security guard postat the front gate. >> i was looking for laura torrez and martin torrez. >> you're not coming in. >> okay, tha

on the right you see the man we now know as garcia torrez. police created the sketch after three attacks outside safeway stores in morgan hill. >>> any lawyer will tell you that prosecuting a murder suspect is far more difficult when there is no body. that's one reason why the class kids foundation the coordinated searches they have organized will continue until the 15-year- old is found. >> they arrested a suspect who does not have a prior conviction, no past of violence, they do not have a victim or a weapon. >> they have a search scheduled for the weekend. >>> tonight we're learning more about the 21-year-old suspect and also hearing from his family. our team coverage continues with amber lee. she is live in in morgan lee and has been learning for about garcia torrez in the neighborhood he lives. >> reporter: we're at the mobile park where the suspect lives with his mother and other family members, there is now a security guard postat the front gate. >> i was looking for laura torrez and martin torrez. >> you're not coming in. >> okay, tha

sheriff's deputy arrested torrez around 6 tonight. investigators say torrez is the owner of the red vw jet take collected with la mar disappearance. torrez was arrested at the safeway store where he works on tenth avenue in morgan hill. investigators questioned him for several hours. they seized the red vw early this month. t has been just more than two months since 15-year-old sierra la mar van issued after leaving her home for school in morgan hill. past two days they sorted through tips that came in last week ep sotd of america most wanted that featured her case. now a sheriff's spokesman says some you will kaingers reported seeing the read volkswagen back live santa clara county sheriff smith is hear right now. filling news with information. i'll take of and we'll jump in here. >> can you talk to us about that. >> as far as dna and other physical evidence we'll talk about that tomorrow. rate now i think it's just important that we let you know that we have made an arrest the person booked into jail. >> why did you make the move th

sheriff's deputy arrested torrez around 6 tonight. investigators say torrez is the owner of the red vw jet take collected with la mar disappearance. torrez was arrested at the safeway store where he works on tenth avenue in morgan hill. investigators questioned him for several hours. they seized the red vw early this month. it has been just more than two months since 15-year-old sierra la mar van issued after leaving her home for school in morgan hill. past two days they sorted through tips that came in last week ep sotd of america most wanted that featured her case. now a sheriff's spokesman says some you will kaingers reported seeing the read volkswagen back live santa clara county sheriff smith is hear right now. filling news with information. i'll take of and we'll jump in here. >> can you talk to us about that. >> as far as dna and other physical evidence we'll talk about that tomorrow. rate now i think it's just important that we let you know that we have made an arrest the person booked into jail. >> why did you make the move t

sheriff's deputy arrested torrez around 6 tonight.ay torrez is the owner red vw jet take collected with la mar disappearance. torrez was arrested at the safeway store where he works on tenth avenue in morgan hill. investigators questioned him for several hours. they seized the red vw early this month. early thihas been just more than two months since 15-year-old sierra la mar van issued after leaving her home for school in morgan hill. past two days they sorted through tips that came in last week ep sotd ofmerica most wanted that featured her case. now a sheriff's spokesman says some you will kaingers reported seeing the read volkswagen back live santa clara county sheriff smith is hear right now. filling news with information. i'll take of and we'll jump in here. >> can you talk to us about that. >> as far as dna and other physical evidence we'll talk about that tomorrow. rate now i think it's just important that we let you know that we have made an arrest the person booked into jail. >> why did you make the move this evening? why th

resemblance to torrez uncanny. they say his dna is linked to at least one of the cases. >> other 2 cases are still under investigation. and we are seeing if we can't tie him into those 2 as well. >>reporter: torrez was arrested at the safeway where he used to work. his mother tells us he's now a tree trimmer. he refused our request for a jail house interview. he will be arraigned later this week on murder and kidnapping charges. vick lee, 7 news. >> all right. our coverage of the la mar case continue thes at 9:30. laura anthony talked with her friends about how they learned the latest development in that case. stay here with us agent later on in the hour for more on this story. but moving on to the other big story tonight. questions swirling around facebook debut on the stock market last week. there is word that the banks may have shared confidential information with their bigger customers. and "wall street journal"says this man facebook chief financial officer may have increased the number of shares being offered

investigators believe garcia torrez snatched sierra just 150 yards from her home. they say her dna was found inside his car and his kna was on her clothing. >> dna is essential to the prosecution case because you need to tie these 2 people together. they did not know each other. they had no reason to have their dna on one another possessions. so it is critical in the case. >>reporter: garcia torrez mother told me she feels good about today's hearing and maintenance her son's innocenc innocence. sheriff's department released more detail parameters about where sierra body might be. according to court documents she's not alive because all of her known permanent belongings including her asthma inhaler, her money, her house keys and the clothing she was wearing the morning of her disappearance has been located e.we didn't have information that situation era ever left the area so we will concentrate our effort on locating her in the morgan hill south county area. >>reporter: the suspect will be back in cort here next thursday. live in san jose, abc 7 news. >>> all right

investigators believe garcia torrez snatched sierra just 150 yards from her home. they say her dna was found inside his car and his kna was on her clothing. >> dna is essential to the prosecution case because you need to tie these 2 people together. they did not know each other. they had no reason to have their dna on one another possessions. so it is critical in the case. >>reporter: garcia torrez mother told me she feels good about today's hearing and maintenance her son's innocenc innocence. sheriff's department released more detail parameters about where sierra body might be. according to court documents she's not alive because all of her known permanent belongings including her asthma inhaler, her money, her house keys and the clothing she was wearing the morning of her disappearance has been located e.we didn't have information that situation era ever left the area so we will concentrate our effort on locating her in the morgan hill south county area. >>reporter: the suspect will be back in cort here next thursday. live in san jose, abc 7 news. >>> all right

. >> reporter: suspect garcia torrez remains in jail on no bail tonight. a sheriff department tells us since his arrest the number of calls to its tip line have increased an average of 30 a day. outside the san jose hall of justice today a small crowd gathered for the arraignment of garcia torrez. some had posters of sierra lamar. the wife, family and friends of the suspect also showed up. >> his public defender doesn't want us to talk. >> reporter: inside the courtroom, garcia torrez didn't speak either. his appearance lasted 51 seconds. his plea to charges for the kidnapping and murder of sierra were read. >> we will aggressively seek justice here as in all our cases in the way that is fair and treats everyone with respect. >> reporter: the prosecution is possibly going to trial without a murder weapon, murder scene or a body. >> so the key for the prosecution is not just to show that sierra lamar is dead but that this defendant killed her. >> reporter: emotions are so strong in this case, that the defense could seek a change of venue. >> if he did the c

. >> reporter: suspect garcia torrez remains in jail on no bail tonight. a sheriff department tells us since his arrest the number of calls to its tip line have increased an average of 30 a day. outside the san jose hall of justice today a small crowd gathered for the arraignment of garcia torrez. some had posters of sierra lamar. the wife, family and friends of the suspect also showed up. >> his public defender doesn't want us to talk. >> reporter: inside the courtroom, garcia torrez didn't speak either. his appearance lasted 51 seconds. his plea to charges for the kidnapping and murder of sierra were read. >> we will aggressively seek justice here as in all our cases in the way that is fair and treats everyone with respect. >> reporter: the prosecution is possibly going to trial without a murder weapon, murder scene or a body. >> so the key for the prosecution is not just to show that sierra lamar is dead but that this defendant killed her. >> reporter: emotions are so strong in this case, that the defense could seek a change of venue. >> if he did the c

investigators believe garcia torrez snatched sierra just 150 yards from her home. his car and his kna was on her >> >> dna is essential to the prosecution case because you need to tie these 2 people together. they did not know each other. they had no reason to have their dna on one another possessions. so it is critical in the case. >>reporter: garcia torrez mother told me she feels good about today's hearing and maintenance her son's innocenc innocence. sheriff's department released more detail parameters about where sierra body might be. according to court documents she's not alive because all of her known permanent belongings including her asthma inhaler, her money, her house keys g she was wearing the morning of her disappearance has been located e.we didn't have information that situation era ever left the area so we will concentrate our effort on locating her in the morgan hill south county area. >>reporter: the suspect will be back in cort here next thursday. live in san jose, abc 7 news. >>> all right thank you lisa 8.n walking in a bicycle lane hit d by a

garcia torrez may have attacked three oh women, one of them telling her story exclusively to nbc bay area. in a few minutes you'll hear her heroing account of a night she'll never forget. >>> investigators are trying to figure out the identity of a woman stuffed inside a garbage can in pleasanton. they can say that they don't believe it is sierra lamar. medical examiners conducted an autopsy of the body that was found thursday morning along dublin valley road. pleasanton police say the results of the autopsy are inconclusive, but they are fairly certain that the body is of a woman and not a teenager. >> the autopsy results have not revealed the age or ethnicity, but the investigators who were there for the autopsy have concluded or believe that based on physical characteristics it is not likely the body of sierra lamar. >> pleasanton police say the victim was wearing pajama bottoms, and a blue t-shirt and fingernail poll i shall. anyone that can identify the woman should call them. >>> the family of the man who drowned at an alameda beach as police and firefighters watched from shore

torrez is charged with kidnapping and murder. he is due in court tomorrow to enter a plea. divers will resume searching the reservoir for where torrez reportedly went fishing around the time lamar disappeared. >>> a pass in union negotiations even though workers said they wanted the talks to continue. members of one of the supermarket units planned to authorize a strike. the impasse declaration caught them by surprise and makes no sense. management says the union's refused to recognize the company's financial problems and are asking for changes that would further increase costs. >>> fewer years in sacramento. the results of an exclusive new ktvu field poll on prop 28's term limits and the lawmakers we found on both sides of the issue. >>> back here in just ten minutes, with tomorrow's forecast, we're going to see temperatures in the 90s. >>> a >>> a frightening home invasion robbery in an upscale neighborhood that's usually pretty quiet. amber lee live in livermore, where police tell hire the area has become a real target now for thieves. >> reporter: frank, we're in a neig

torrez is charged with kidnapping and murder. he is due in court tomorrow to enter a plea. divers will resume searching the reservoir for where torrez reportedly went fishing around the time lamar disappeared. >>> a pass in union negotiations even though workers said they wanted the talks to continue. members of one of the supermarket units planned to authorize a strike. the impasse declaration caught them by surprise and makes no sense. management says the union's refused to recognize the company's financial problems and are asking for changes that would further increase costs. >>> fewer years in sacramento. the results of an exclusive new ktvu field poll on prop 28's term limits and the lawmakers we found on both sides of the issue. >>> back here in just ten minutes, with tomorrow's forecast, we're going to see temperatures in the 90s. >>> a home invasion robbery in this quiet residential neighborhood. police told us thieves are targeting this area. >>> a frightening home invasion robbery in an upscale neighborhood that's usually pretty quiet. amber lee live in livermore,

. >> reporter: garcia torrez's time in court was brief, 90 seconds brief. he looked down at floor and kept silent and listened to the charge. his attorney told the judge he needed more time to look at documents. the judge granted his request. lool analyst steven clark says in all likelihood the defense would do their own forensic analysis. >> this case comes down to dna. we don't have a body, we don't have a weapon. there's really no murder scene at this point. >> reporter: it's a possibility of a death penalty because of the special case of kidnapping. the d.a.'s office will be pursuing all the evidence before they decide on the death penalty. >> we do it in a right way, we do it in a way that's fair and do it in a way that respects everybody's constitutional rights and do it aggressively. >> can the d.a. office tie him to other assault-type cases? if they can, that both increases his chances to face the death penalty and that makes this case much stronger. >> reporter: now, coming up tonight at 6:00, we'll hear from santa county sheriff laurie smith. we'r

documents state that jorge torrez strangled amanda snell in then stuffed her body inside a locker.has already been sentenced to two life terms in separate attacks in arlington and was month withlier this killing two girls from illinois in 2005. pilot in aiving crash over fauquier county if is a senior faa investigator. the 70-year-old landed his engine piper aircraft at monday after plane in with another mid-air. registered to an employee with the national transportation safety board. that pilot and passenger in that plane died. given the size to the ntsb and faa, the canadian transportation safety board will now conduct into that mid-on air collision. >> local governor throws his controversial a use of military drones. virginia governor bob mcdonnell them for local law enforcement. brianne carter joins us live with his comments. good morning. >> good morning. that's right. governor bob mcdonnell speaking out on wtop, saying over the next couple years he believes drones could be the right thing to do. many in thee of area throwing their support behind the drones in the commonwealth

in the meantime garcia torrez remains in custody without bail. >>> you just don't see that kind of community spirit too much anymore. so it's nice to see it in san mateo. >> an emotional homecoming today in the bay area. the history behind this local traditional honoring those who serve their country. >>> and new information in the case of a body found in a trash can. the clues that police hope will lead them to identify a murder victim. >> and protesters are back on the street in oakland, the two recent events that have reignited anger, and >>> new information now about a body found at a trash can in pleasanton yesterday. late this afternoon police revealed the remains are that of a female. but say the autopsy didn't provide a positive identification. the coroner's office says the body is of an adult woman. she was found wearing pajama bottoms. >> the corner were on scene, they believe base on characterrest that this is not sierra lamar -- characteristics. >>> right now nearly 100 people are still rallying in oakland angry over the arrest of an oakland protesters who got in the face of poli

in the meantime garcia torrez remains in custody without bail. >>> you just don't see that kind of community spirit too much anymore. so it's nice to see it in san mateo. >> an emotional homecoming today in the bay area. the history behind this local traditional honoring those who serve their country. >>> and new information in the case of a body found in a trash can. the clues that police hope will lead them to identify a murder victim. >> and protesters are back on the street in oakland, the two recent events that have reignited anger, and what i just learned the áf out here. >> and all entrances to the dumbarton closed. we're going to continue to monitor the situation oh the next few hours. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal studios hollywood. >>> new information now about a body found at a trash can in pleasanton yesterday. late this afternoon police revealed the remains are that of a female. but say the autopsy didn't provide a positive identification. the coroner's office says the body is of an adult woman. she was found wear

garcia torrez scheduled to be back in court next thursday. >>> soldier from san jose died in afghanistan. defense department second lieutenant died yesterday. this is his graduation photo from high school. 25-year-old travis was a victim of aneurysm ed blast. he deployed in december. it was his first over seas deployment. >>> vallejo man has reached a 4 million dollar settlement in described as largest police misconduct case in the past decade. according to the lawyers the man suffered a severe spine giraffe his neck was broken by 2 officers who entered his house without a warrant. then tazed him and put him in a choke hold when he told them to leave. he is now permanently disabled. >>> oakland mayor kwan announced today she will move ahead with plans for coliseum city despite the loss of one of the major tenants. that's the golden state warriors now determined to move to san francisco. city will spend nearly two million dollars to study the idea. part of budget proposal the mayor says reflects an improving economy in oakland. more now from many laura anthony. >> this is all good news. >

. >> reporter: two days after garcia torrez was arrested for the murder of sierra lamar this man showed up for his first day as a volunteer searcher. >> he is putting out the information now it is our turn to look for information and i'm doing what i can to help rescue, search or find her. >> a sheriff's dive team spent the day combing the waters of the reservoir, searching for a body. >> i don't think so for him doing something back. >> his mother has proclaimed his innocence. sierra's parents hope he provides some clues as to her whereabouts. >> i pray he releases information to help our search in finding sierra. >> we need information. if we don't get it we will not stop. we will continue what we are doing and we will find her. >> before moving to a morgan hill trailer park garcia torres lived with his mother in a rental unit. the older told abc 7 sheriff's deputies were a frequent visitors. in 2009 then 18-year-old garcia torres was arrested for having sex with a minor, a teen who was the mother of the couple's 19 month old child. in 2010, he was arrested for obstructing police when

they will tell us more about garcia torrez and what let -- and what led investigators to him. >>> berkeley'schief 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.d. numbers found on the car parts out the -- at the seen -- car parts at the scene. >>> about 11:30 last night, fishermen spotted a man stuck about 45 feet under the restaurant. when he was finally hoste

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