Chairo Garibay Ferrayra Located/Deceased/Murdered
Searchers Look for Missing Woman Along Bear River Written for the web by C. Johnson, Internet News Producer Searchers are looking for Chairo Garibay Ferreyra. Her family's green 1995 Toyota Camry was discovered Sunday morning partially submerged in the river. Investigators learned Garibay Ferreyra was to have met her parents for church early Sunday morning but never arrived. When the parents returned home, they found their daughter and the Toyota gone but her purse and identification in the house. The young woman's family doesn't believe she would leave home on her own. "She's a very happy person and that's why it's strange to us," said family friend Erica Guzman. The Toyota was found about 9:30 Sunday morning about a quarter of a mile east of State Route 70 in Yuba County. Detectives said there was no reason why Garibay Ferreyra would have driven out on the levee above where the car was found. "Very suspicious circumstances certainly," Undersheriff Steve Durfor told News10. "We're not ruling out the possibility of foul play." Searchers will resume looking for Garibay Tuesday morning with help from neighboring counties. http://www.news10.net/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=14757

Searchers Concentrate on Fields Near Missing Woman's Home Searchers in Yuba County spent the day looking through open fields and a construction site near the home of Chairo Garibay Ferreyra, who has been missing since Sunday. Investigators also went through Garibay Ferreyra's car, a white Mercury Cougar that was left behind at her house. So far it has yielded no new leads. Garibay Ferreyra was reported missing by her parents when she failed to meet them at church early Sunday morning. They found her purse and identification still in their house and her bedroom window was open. Their Toyota was gone and found later partially submerged in the Bear River. Searchers today also continued to look around the Bear River for clues as to what happened to her. Many of those walking the fields and river area are Garibay Ferreyra's family and friends. Her disappearance is very painful for all of them, said her friend Jessica Bautista. "When you see her family looking for her, they're just really depressed. When you see them crying, looking around everywhere for her, it's kind of sad." On Tuesday night Garibay Ferreyra's friends and family gathered at her home in a show of support. The family does not believe Garibay Ferreyra left on her own, but they also don't believe a stranger took her. Few people know Garibay Ferreyra as well as her boyfriend, but he said he doesn't know what happened to her. "I don't know what to say," Mana Mahmood said. "I don't know, I mean there's nothing I can say until they find her." Investigators said Mahmood is just one of several dozen people they've interviewed and that he has been cooperative. They also said they are not even sure a crime has been committed. Searchers told News10 say they will keep looking for Garibay Ferreyra through the weekend. Then depending on what they find or don't find, they will re-evaluate. Created: 12/14/2005 1:18:34 PM Updated: 12/14/2005 5:39:06 PM News 10

Search Yields No Signs Of Missing Woman Chairo Garibay Last Seen Sunday POSTED: 12:27 pm PST December 14, 2005 UPDATED: 12:51 pm PST December 14, 2005 OLIVEHURST, Calif. -- The search continued Wednesday for a missing Yuba County woman. Chairo Garibay, 20, disappeared Sunday. Her car was later found submerged in the Bear River. Authorities sifted through an area of freshly dug-up dirt behind Garibay's Oliverhurst home Wednesday morning, but turned up nothing. "The way the ground settled, it kind of looked a little unusual ... like there could be something directly underneath. It turned out to be nothing, " Yuba County Sheriff's Department Capt. Ron Johnson said. Investigators also said that a window in the rear of Garibay's was found open after she disappeared. Family members said the area around the window was newly damaged. Meanwhile, family and friends continue to hope that Garibay will be found alive. http://www.kcra.com/news/5536433/detail.html

Hunt for woman tireless By Daniel Witter/Appeal-Democrat A sixth day of searching for a missing Olivehurst woman ended Friday with no sign of her whereabouts, but the Yuba County Sheriff's Department intends to search throughout the weekend. “There's nothing new to report,” said Undersheriff Steve Durfor. Friday's search for Chairo Yosigey Garibay extended out from the Star Bend Boat Landing in the county's southeast corner - about five to six miles from where her car was found submerged in the Bear River. Deputies been investigating her disappearance as a crime but has few leads. The Sheriff's Department set up a 24-hour hotline at 749-7399, hoping for reports of any suspicious activity along the Bear River near the Highway 70 bridge on Sunday between 5 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Anyone who might have seen suspicious activities on Maplehurst Street in the Tahiti Village area of Olivehurst during those same hours is also asked to call the 24-hour hotline. Garibay is described as 5 feet 1 inch tall, 135 pounds, with brown eyes, a medium complexion and brown hair. She goes by the nickname of “Chi.” Garibay was last seen at 5 a.m. Sunday when her family left the Maplehurst Street home for an early church service. Garibay remained behind because she was preparing for church. She never showed up for the service, according to her family. Her car was found at 9:30 a.m. Deputies are trying to determine what happened at the residence following the family's departure. Garibay disappeared without taking her purse or identification. A rear window screen on the residence was found on the ground, with the window slightly ajar. Deputies have not determined if the window is relevant to Garibay's disappearance. Where the search will focus today was not available Friday evening. Appeal-Democrat reporter Daniel Witter can be reached at 749-4712. You may e-mail him at dwitter@appeal-democrat.com. http://www.appealdemocrat.com/articles/2005/12/17/news/local_news/news3.txt

Missing Yuba County Woman's Clothing Described Updated: 12/19/2005 by C. Johnson Today investigators released details about clothing a missing 20-year-old Yuba County woman was most likely wearing when she disappeared. After going through Chairo Garibay Ferreyra's wardrobe, her family and Yuba County Sheriff Department detectives believe she was wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt that zips in the front, blue jeans and brown leather cowboy boots with pointed toes and wood heels a week ago Sunday when she was reported missing. Garibay Ferreyra is also known to usually wear large hoop earrings. Garibay Ferreyra was reported missing by her parents when she failed to meet them at church the morning of December 11. They found her purse and identification still in their house and her bedroom window was open. Their Toyota was gone. The vehicle was found partially submerged in the Bear River that same day. Since then, professional search and rescue teams as well as family and friends have walked along Bear River and Linda in Yuba County looking for any sign of Garibay Ferreyra. Today's search concentrated along dry river bottoms in the county and south of the Bear River where the Toyota was found. Investigators say they have interviewed several dozen people about the woman's disappearance. They are not even sure a crime has been committed. http://www.news10.net/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=14884

Garibay search suspended By Daniel Witter/Appeal-Democrat The Yuba County Sheriff's Department has suspended its search for an Olivehurst woman who disappeared earlier this month, Undersheriff Steve Durfor said Tuesday. The department will renew its search for Chairo Yosigey Garibay, 20, when there are any new, viable leads on her whereabouts, he said. An exhaustive search for Garibay was conducted in areas around her home in Olivehurst. Searchers also looked in the area where her vehicle was discovered submerged in the Bear River a half-mile east of Highway 70. They've also looked along the Feather River and the fields in the nearby area, Durfor said. Meanwhile, the criminal investigation into Garibay's disappearance continues with the assistance of investigators from the Department of Justice, Durfor said. Garibay is 5 feet 1 inch tall. She weighs 135 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes. She was likely wearing a new pair of blue jeans, and a long-sleeved black shirt that zips up in the front and brown leather cowboy boots with pointed tips and wooden heels. Garibay was last seen 5 a.m. Dec. 11 by her family members as she prepared to attend an early morning church service. She was supposed to meet her family at church but never showed up. At 9:30 a.m., a nature photographer discovered the family's 1995 Toyota Camry submerged in the Bear River. The Sheriff's Department contacted the family a short time later after the California Highway Patrol traced the plates to the Olivehurst family. The Sheriff's Department simultaneously launched a criminal investigation and a rescue effort. Large areas of south Yuba County have been checked multiple times during a ten-day search, Durfor said. The family has also carried out searches as well. Sheriff's Department officials are urging anyone with information on Garibay's possible whereabouts to call a 24-hour hotline at 749-7399. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2005/12/28/news/local_news/news2.txt

Reward Offered for Information About Missing Woman Written for the web by Elizabeth Bishop, Internet News Producer A reward was offered this morning for information about a 20-year-old missing Yuba County woman. The Sund-Carrington Foundation is offering $5,000 for information about Chairo Garibay Ferreyra. Garibay Ferreyra was reported missing by her parents when she failed to meet them at church on the morning of December 11. Her purse and identification were found in the family home. Her bedroom window was open and the family's Toyota was gone. The vehicle was found partially submerged in the Bear River that same day. Investigators said this morning they do not think Garibay Ferreyra left on her own. Created: 12/29/2005 10:51:08 AM Updated: 12/29/2005 10:52:44 AM http://www.kxtv10.net/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15058

Body Of Chairo Garibay Found Missing Woman Found A Quarter Mile From Home Brandi Hitt Reporting (CBS 13) YUBA COUNTY Detectives say they have found the body of missing Olivehurst woman Chairo Garibay. The 21-year-old's body was found wrapped in plastic in a remote area of Yuba County. According to the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, 20-year-old Chairo was last seen at her home in the 1700 block of Maplehurst Street in Yuba County at 5:00 a.m. on December 11, 2005. She was supposed to meet her parents at church but never made it. Deputies say that Chairo’s parents arrived home later to find the family vehicle missing, only to learn that the vehicle had been discovered only a half an hour earlier, submerged in the Bear River. The body was discovered on Monday, January 16th. Local residents were driving their truck on a dir road adjacent to the Western Pacific Railroad tracks north of Plumas-Arboga Road when their truck became stuck in the mud. They called friends for assistance. When their friends arrived they discovered Garibay's body. The cause of death has yet to be determined. An autopsy has been scheduled. (© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.) http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_017183247.html

Sheriff: Body Found Is Missing Woman January 18, 2006 YUBA CITY — Confirmation came on Wednesday from Yuba County Sheriff's officials that the body found this week in the Olivehurst area is that of missing woman Chairo Garibay. An autopsy performed on Garibay revealed the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head. Identification of the body as being that of Chairo Garibay was confirmed through a physical description of her, by articles of clothing she was last seen wearing and by a surgical scar. Garibay disappeared in December on her way to church. Her car was found in the Bear River, but Garibay was nowhere to be found. This week, passersby found a woman's body wrapped in a tarp along a dirt road, just a few miles from Garibay's home. There are no suspects in her murder at this point. Copyright © 2006, KTXL http://fox40.trb.com/news/ktxl-011806garibay,0,6983229.story?coll=ktxl-news-1

Garibay Ferreyra Laid to Rest as Search For Killer Continues Hundreds of family and friends packed into a Marysville church Saturday to say their final goodbyes to murder victim Chairo Garibay Ferreyra. More than 500 people attended the funeral mass at St. Joesph's Church for Garibay Ferreyra, whose body was found Monday afternoon after more than a month of searching. Many mourners came in pink clothing and carried pink flowers, Garibay Ferreyra's favorite color. "She's in a good place so the last thing she wants us to be is crying," Garibay Ferreyra's cousin Uriel Chavez said. "She would want us to be happy because that's the way she wanted us to be." A pair of local residents found the Garibay Ferreyra's body, wrapped in plastic and weighed down by concrete, Monday afternoon after their truck got stuck in the mud near the Western Pacific Railroad tracks north of Plumas-Arboga Road, about a half-mile from Garibay Ferreyra's home. Yuba County authorities had been searching for the 20-year-old since December 11 after her parents reported her missing when she failed to meet them at church. Her purse and identification were found in the family home. Her bedroom window was open and the family's green 1995 Toyota Camry was gone. The vehicle was found the same day, partially submerged in the Bear River about a quarter-mile east of State Route 70 in Yuba County. Last week, Yuba County coroner's officials said Garibay Ferreyra appeared to have suffered blunt force trauma to her head. Undersheriff Steve Durfor said investigators have interviewed about 150 to 175 people about Garibay Ferreyra's disappearance. "All I want is for them to get the person that did it to her," Garibay Ferreyra cousin Cristina Navarro said. "I know they will be found. They will be found." Created: 1/21/2006 4:44:35 PM Updated: 1/22/2006 12:23:08 PM KXTV

Friends of Murdered Woman Question Lack of Progress in Case Written for the web by Deborah Hoffman, Reporter Chairo Garibay of Olivehurst disappeared from her family's home a year ago today and her close friends say not enough is being done to find her killer. Tereso Villalobos, a close family friend, said he is frustrated that no one has been charged with killing Garibay. He said it does not seem to be a priority for the Yuba County Sheriff's Department. "I feel like they don't care about it," said Villalobos. "It's been a year, and there is no progress." Villalobos said he and many of Garibay's friends and cousins question whether race and social status play a role. "I think because she is a poor Hispanic girl they don't care. If she was white from a good neighborhood I think it would be a different story," he said. Yuba County Sheriff Virginia Black defended her department's work on the case. "This is an open homicide investigation. We have followed up on every lead." Black said as a woman and a mother she is very sensitive to the family's loss. "We would like nothing better than to make an arrest and bring justice to Chairo." Black said she believes there is someone out there who knows what happened. She's hoping they will come forward with information. A special service will be held Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Marysville to mark the one year anniversary of Garibay's death. Garibay, 20, was last seen alive on the morning of December 11, 2005. When her family left for church, she was still getting ready and was supposed to meet them at church. She never showed up. A few hours later a man walking along the Bear River spotted a car partially submerged. The car belonged to the Garibay family, but there was no sign of Chairo. The find sparked an intensive search effort. On January 16, 2006, Garibay's body was found wrapped in plastic in a ditch a quarter of a mile away from her home. She had suffered blunt force trauma to the head. There is a $5,000 reward in the case for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Created: 12/11/2006 1:20:31 PM Updated: 12/11/2006 7:07:17 PM http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=22359