Mar 31, 2009 9:15 am US/Pacific
FBI: Two Persons Of Interest In Missing Girl Case
TRACY, Calif. (CBS13/AP) ―
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Sandra Cantu was reported missing Friday (3/27) night.
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Sandra Cantu, seen at a recent birthday party.
The mother of a missing 8-year-old girl from Tracy is making another emotional plea for the return of her daughter who has not been seen since Friday. Also, the FBI has identified two people as persons of interest in the case.
A Tracy police spokesman says officers searched the homes and towed the vehicles of two men Monday at the mobile home park
where Sandra Cantu vanished on Friday afternoon. Items collected in the searches were turned over to the FBI crime lab for analysis. The two men, who have not yet been publicly named, are described as residents of different homes in the mobile home park, but are not related to the family. Investigators have searched at least five other locations.
Authorities are not willing to release any specific evidence that was found or information about why they are investigating the men as persons of interest. The two men have not been detained.
This morning Sandra's mother spoke out about her daughter. "Please, whoever has her, please just let her go," said Sandra's mother Maria Chavez. "She needs to come home to her mom who loves her very much and misses her."
There is also news of an alleged incident back in 2007 where an older man in the mobile home park apparently picked up Sandra at the park's pool and kissed her on the lips. It's unclear if this man who is in his 60's is one of the men named as a person of interest.
FBI vehicles were still seen in the mobile home park throughout Monday evening.
Sandra hasn't been since home surveillance cameras showed her leaving her home just after 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Police are not calling it a kidnapping, but the girl's mother says Sandra would never leave the housing community without checking in.
About 15 school psychologists and counselors were on campus at Jacobson Elementary School to help students cope, and parents packed the school's auditorium to learn more information about the case.
"My daughter was really scared, she was crying, she didn't want to go outside," said parent Marcella Barron.
Meanwhile, the reward for information has grown to $7,000. Investigators are tracking down more than 150 tips that have come in from the public.
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