Denise Figueroa, 22, was found deceased in the trunk of her car yesterday following a tip to Los Angeles News Station KTLA via fax. The car had been abandoned for several days and several obscenities were keyed into the passenger side of the vehicle.
Denise Figueroa’s family of North Hills, reported her missing to Los Angeles Police on Monday March 3, 2009. Subsequent phone calls by the family to known associates of Figueroa were able to confirm who she was last seen with, information which was immediately turned over to the investigators. Adele Chapel and Christopher Bullock were mentioned by name in the fax. A man by the name of Adele Chapel is reportedly incarcerated on unrelated charges but cannot be confirmed it is the same individual at this time.
According to the victim’s uncle, Daniel Sanchez , the LAPD have been uncooperative with them in Figueroa’s case since they reported her missing.
While the coroner was removing his niece’s body from the black Nissan Altima registered to her, he was visibly distraught at the scene.
“..We called Police and we told them who she was last seen with.. We told them he called her dad and said he was sorry that he had to hurt her..and we told them that and they were uncooperative and did nothing.. they shut the door, it’s like they shut the door right on us..”
Lt. Allan Hamilton of LAPD, speaking to the media, said:
“Something occurred inside the vehicle,” but declined to give details. He said the car was being taken to a secure facility for a thorough investigation.
Bruce Trebian, resident of Colonial Hills Mobile Home Park, Orange County, is one of three persons currently being questioned today in connection with the rape and murder of UCF Grad student Nicole Ganguzza. Although WFTV had been reporting the subjects name as Michael Bruce Trebian, sources inside the OCSO have confirmed to Blink on Crime that is incorrect, and has since been corrected on their site.
Mr. Trebian of 8807 Bexhill Boulevard was a county employee from October 2006 until July 2008, one month after the Ganguzza murder. As a county employee with access to the trail, it was announced that he would be required to provide a DNA sample, but failed to show up that day for work. He did however eventually provide a swab to detectives and subsequently resigned from his position with a satisfactory work record. In an unusually long resignation letter, Trebian complained of the park and trail being very slow.
It does not appear that Bruce Trebian has a criminal record in Florida, although currently there are 2 civil action cases pending against Mr. Trebian. They can be found here and here. Take note of the judge assigned to the second case; His honor Stan Strickland. Trebian’s Father is in Law Enforcement, assigned as a court officer in Michigan.
Property Records indicate that Trebian owns property in Hernando County, Florida in a living trust arrangement with his mother.
Possible Running Connection
According to both neighbor accounts and sources close to the case, Trebian was an avid runner and could be found running or biking on the trail which ran behind his home to Blanchard Park. Additionally, as far back as 2002, he competed in and placed respectfully in at least 2 Triathlete competitions in Central Florida.
Unconfirmed: Possible Sketch Match
I received a comment to my first article on this piece today, which contained a name of a relative to Trebian and allegation of a man the poster said stayed in the home of Bruce Trebian and is named in the sealed warrant. They went on to say that the attempted rape sketch produced from the witness that occurred on July 8 matches the description of the alleged relative and house guest. If this is correct, this individual has a violent criminal history. Because I cannot confirm this information, I am withholding it until the warrant is made public and it corroborates the post. The image on the left is the alleged family member, the image on the right is the sketch of the suspect in the attempted rape.
Orange County, Fl 10:15AM– Sources inside the Sheriffs office have confirmed a man is being questioned and possibly detained in connection with the murder of Nicole Ganguzza, the UCF staffer and jogger found murdered in Blanchard Park on June 10. A warrant was served yesterday at a location in Orange County within Colonial Village Mobile Home park. *See Updates*
UPDATE 1 Warrant is Sealed
1:47PM Confirmation from the OCSO Susan Soto that at least 2 men will and are being questioned in connection with the Ganguzza murder. See the video updatehere .
..”At this time, they are not disclosing anything about the search warrant.. please dont expect this information today..Nobody is in custody at this time.. Anybody that lives in this neighborhood will be interviewed.. They have some information that led them here..”
Soto also confirmed that she is in contact with Nicole’s husband, who is awaiting further information from them before making any comments.
Colorado Springs, CO- Update- Jason Holley, missing from Colorado Springs since January 5, 2009, has been found deceased and two men are under arrest for suspicion of his murder. Check back to blinkoncrime.com for this developing story.
At Risk or Endangered Missing Adult: Where is Jason Holley? Missing in Colorado Springs, CO Since January 5, 2009
Jason Holley, 22, appears to have almost literally vanished the morning of January 5, 2009 in Colorado Springs, CO. He was a 3rd year student at Pike’s Peak Community College in the Automotive Program and by all accounts, was an extremely affable, albeit shy young man. Jason worked very hard to overcome his learning challenges to master his studies and become an Automotive Tech; in spite of his cognitive disorder, Klinefelter Syndrome. One of the difficulties for him is that it causes him to have short term memory loss. Jan Holley, Jason’s Mother, with whom he shared a close relationship, has recently had to return to her work in the Medical field after exhausting her savings in efforts to find her son, costs that have currently exceeded $10,000.
“I moved with Jason to Colorado Springs in 2003 because he needed special education, and was having an extremely difficult time with school. It was a very hard move for me because Durango was my home for 25 years, but it was worth it, since Jason has been happy here. With the help of his learning specialist Phil McLelland, Jason has been attending the automotive program at Pike’s Peak Community College, taking only one class at a time.”
His mom also says he tends to trust people he shouldn’t, and is not able to tell good people from someone who might be intentionally taking advantage of him, which had occurred recently. She fears he is with someone who could take advantage of his disability.
“This is not like him. He’s never gone from home for more than 24 hours,” said Jan Holley.
Jason Holley was sleeping in his downstairs bedroom on that Monday morning, the day he disappeared when Jan went to work. A couple hours later, she says she got a phone call from him asking if he could go to a friend’s house. He never showed up at that friend’s house and has been missing ever since. He has not logged onto his myspace or attempted to contact any of his friends or family; which is highly unusual given his condition.
When asked the question, do you’re Clients still believe a Zenaida Gonzalez is responsible for what happened to Caylee? Brad Conway, attorney representing George and Cindy Anthony responds:
“They do, but not the Zenaida represented by Mr. Morgan…”
If your like me, you are as bewildered as one can get at the insistence of “Camp Casey” to continue to suggest that a person with this name is involved in the abduction and murder of 34 month old Caylee Anthony. Perhaps Attorney Baez and his Cum Laude Clan are preparing their Columbo moment in this regard while fighting over who gets to be Colonel Mustard in the study .
Although listed as a witness for the Prosecution released by the State’s Attorney’s office on January 11, 2008, Annie Leigh Downing’s Interview with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has never been made public. Her cell phone records and any IM or text messages between her and Casey Anthony have also never been made public although other witnesses have.
Failure To Yield
That may be the gross understatement of the year describing Casey Anthony. But in this scenario, it is actually a traffic citation, one of two, given to a Zenaida Gonzalez, on May 24, 2008.
Click to enlarge
No, again, this is not the Zenaida represented by Mr. Morgan, this is a different Zannie, with a birth date of January 11, 1986. Wow. Just a mere 3 months older than Casey. Did they go to school together? Have mutual friends? Fellow Fusionite?
Nope, Not the Best Driving Record
Annie Downing had a rough couple months this Spring in the traffic area. On March 30, 2008, she received citations for both Speeding 15-19 mph over the speed limit, and for not producing her driver’s license and insurance card. While the presentation of those documents on April 18 cleared that part of the citation, the speeding ticket remained open on her record until 2 online requested and subsequently granted extensions later on July 1, 2008. Why do we care?
Co ink y Dink or Other
There are only 3 plausible scenarios where a material witness in a homicide case whose statement has been withheld, and a woman with the name at the center of the linchpin of Casey Anthony’s defense get traffic citations on the same day. Throw in the tidbit that Casey met Tony Lazzarro for the first time at a party that same evening, and you have what appears to be in retrospect, the beginning of the omen for Caylee. To be able to best portray the relevance of the above ZG incident as compared to known relevant dates in this case, I offer the following three theories with accompanying timeline.
We recently posted a story on the bizarre and twisted tale of Vernon C. Seitz, Part I. The question should be asked as to why Seitz is not being further looked into as potentially being involved in other missing person cases in the area? Police seized over 500 pieces of evidence including male child porn, bondage equipment, a book titled “Eat Thy Neighbor: A History of Cannibalism and children’s shoes. Are we really supposed to believe that there is no connection and that Vernon C. Seitz’s twisted actions were harmless?
“We have no information to substantiate any allegation that the deceased [suspect] was involved in any missing children cases or homicides of children,” police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said in a statement released Wednesday morning.
Let’s take that statement for dissection, if you will. Aren’t there at least three corroborating accounts this man drove 7+ hours to meet Wetterlings parents and participate in the search, twice? Evidence and corroboration by his therapist that he traveled and participated in searches for missing young boys across the Midwest drew and painted pictures of naked male children does not a call to the FBI warrant, apparently. Pun intended.
Notably, they have not searched the residence of Vernon Seitz, Sr. It is located 147mi North East of Jr’s homes and exactly 37 miles from the farm of Edward Lanphear. Mr. Lanphear is currently incarcerated facing 400 years in the Big house for forcible rape and kidnapping of 2 young men simultaneously. There was also bondage devices in Lanphear’s basement and garage, as well as other similar items to those found in the Seitz home. His plea deal is pending a psych evaluation, and most experts do not think Lanphear acted alone, or that this was his first offense.
The former head of Wisconsin’s FBI office, though, thinks Seitz’s confession could be believable.
“I think it would be something to take very seriously and coupled with what was found through the search warrant, I would give it great credibility,” said retired agent Mike Santimauro.
Just prior to press I spoke to Agent Leonard Piece, Media Coordinator, FBI- Milwaukee office; Agent Piece confirmed there has been no request from MPD for assistance in any capacity in this case.
Skeeve From The Hood
Tony Szuta, 28, remembered going to Vern’s Barber Shop for haircuts between the ages of 9 and 12 while he was growing up in Cudahy. “When he talked to you, it was like he was looking through you. There was something up with the guy. We could never figure out what it was,” Szuta said. Seitz showed Szuta and his friend’s paintings and drawings Seitz had done, but nothing seemed disturbing, Szuta said.
One friend told Szuta that Seitz had asked if he could portray him in a drawing.
Richard Francel was close friends with Seitz. “(He was) just a relaxed, easy going guy. Very knowledgeable. Very intelligent,” Francel said. Richard Francel was close friends with Seitz.
Francel said police interrogated him after Seitz’s death. But, Francel said he never knew about his friend’s collection of child pornography or his alleged confession. “No. he was never like that,” Francel explained.
Near Vern’s Barber Shop in St. Francis, Lynne Bartholomew, owner of Lynne’s Scizzory, a hair salon next door, said she knew Seitz for nine years. “He would come in and ask for a cup of coffee and tell me about his life, which was pretty scary, actually,” Bartholomew said. She said Seitz told her he was abducted from the Racine zoo as a boy by men who molested him and forced him to shoot and kill another boy.
Bartholomew said Seitz also claimed to have shot and killed a man who robbed him in his home three years ago and that he had killed two men in Chicago some years ago.
Bartholomew said Seitz had a particular interest in boys that made her and some of her customers “uncomfortable.”
“You get an eerie feeling from someone you just say stay away from them,” said neighbor Shannon Crawford. “I’m very glad I didn’t let [my kids] go over there more often.”
Elementary school teacher and Sister-in-law Susan Seitz, though, said Vernon was abducted and abused as a boy and believes his interest in child abductions stemmed from this experience.
“I guess it just goes to show you don’t really know the secrets of your neighbors,” said Jordan Burich, who lives near Seitz’s house. “We really didn’t know what was going on, but when [investigators] brought a jackhammer, we knew there was something more nefarious going on.”
One ponders upon seeing the words “jackhammer” and “nefarious” in the same sentence.
How close is this to Fargo?
This Just got Creepier : A Dahmer Connection?
Jeffrey Dahmer, responsible for 17 known murders and mutilations from 1978, lived in the know demolished Oxford Arms Apartments, less than 6 miles away from Seitz. When he was living with his grandmother in West Allis previously, 13 miles from Seitz.
