ASU Missing Student ( Body found in Salt River-with one red shoe on ) Jack Culolias

Missing ASU student Jack Culolias was last seen leaving Cadillac Ranch in Tempe, Arizona on November 30; a search for him around the area turned up a single shoe, which was later proven by DNA tests to be his. Now, a body found in the Salt River is believed to be that of Culolias, and investigators are trying to determine whether foul play was involved.

Culolias was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at ASU and had attended a party sponsored by the frat at Cadillac Ranch the night he disappeared. However, he was kicked out after it was discovered he had a fake I.D. (Culolias was 19), and the last his friends knew, he was walking away from the bar towards a taxi. Interestingly, the body was found not far from where the shoe was originally found, which is proving to be confusing for officials.
After an initial exhaustive search for the college student, his stepmother expressed concern that someone from his fraternity knew what had happened and were too scared to come forward.
“I think someone knows something and they’re just not talking,” Renae Culolias said.
For now, the coroner is working to positively identify the body, which was found with one red shoe but was not immediately recognizable because of extended exposure to the water. Investigators are now trying to determine whether Culolias was served alcohol in the bar before he was kicked out; if so, the bar owners could face criminal charges.

TUCSON Az ( Empire High School quarterback -Killed in car accident ) Grayson weeks 16 yrs old

Grayson Weeks. Andy Morales Photo.

Empire junior quarterback Grayson Weeks was killed in an auto accident on I-10 near Marsh Station Road early this morning.
Weeks was only 16.

The Weeks family will be preparing services in conjunction with Empire High School this week. Grayson’s Godfather, uncle and head coach Jorge Mendivil confirmed the passing of his Godson. Our hearts at the Tucsoncitizen.com goes out to the Weeks/Mendivil family.

Grayson was a good kid and was always great with me and he was friends with my daughter Maggie. I will prepare a more proper story on Grayson once I can digest what happened. In the meantime, I have made all of my photos of Grayson available to the media.

Grayson Weeks and Jorge Mendivil. Andy Morales Photo.

Memphis (Police Officer Martoiya Lang Killed in the line of duty)

Memphis police say one officer has been killed and another wounded in a shooting.
Police Chief Toney Armstrong said officers went to a home in east Memphis early Friday to serve a drug-related search warrant. He said a suspect opened fire, striking officers Martoiya Lang and William Vromah (VROH'-mah).
Armstrong said officers returned fire, striking a suspect.
Armstrong said Lang died of her injuries and Vromah, who was struck multiple times, was in stable condition at the Regional Medical Center.

Martoiya Lang

Lang, 32, was a mother of four children.
Details on the condition and identify of the suspect were not immediately released. Armstrong said a second person in the home was taken into custody but no charges have yet been filed.

SMALL Cat ( Fights two Alligators - Never give up ) Its the fight in the cat

Not the size of the cat (but the fight in the cat) !

FAIRFIELD (Missing Girl 11 yr old- Vanished have you seen her)

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate Samantha Norman, 11, was last seen in Fairfield about 2:25pm on Thursday. Source: The Daily Telegraph

THE parents of a missing 11-year-old girl say they are petrified for her safety, as she has a tendency to get into cars with strangers.

Samantha Norman has not been seen since Thursday afternoon, when she walked into a strangers’ house in Fairfield and asked to use the telephone.
The young girl, who is due to finish Year 5 next week, called her mother to ask for a relative’s address in the Campbelltown area, but never made it there.
Her mother and father, Ben and Carol, said they had "hit the panic button" because although she has been known to run away in the past, she always makes contact.
"She has autism, and if she doesn’t take her medication she doesn't foresee possible danger," Ben said.
"She will get into cars with strangers or she will go to a stranger’s house."

Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.

Related Coverage

• Online virgin auction The Daily Telegraph, 25 Oct 2012
• Home alone terror The Daily Telegraph, 25 Oct 2012
• Weddings - October14 & 15, 2012 Adelaide Now, 15 Oct 2012
• Ignorance key to a happy childhood Courier Mail, 7 Sep 2012
• Woman and child escape death The Daily Telegraph, 24 Aug 2012

End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.

Samantha, who is very tall for her age at approximately 170cm, has long blonde hair and blue eyes.
Her parents think she was wearing a white singlet and blue shorts when she was last seen. She has no mobile phone or access to money, and is without her medication, heightening her family’s fears.
"This is as bad as it gets, we are petrified and we just want her back safely," Ben said.
Police said they checked a Campbelltown address that Samantha was likely heading too, but she had never arrived.
It is possible she could be heading to the Barrack Heights, Eagle Vale, Cambridge Park or Warilla areas, and her parents begged the public to keep and eye out and contact police.
Anyone who sees Samantha is urged to call Triple-0.

TUCSON Az ( SUV found with 1550 pounds of marijuana ) 1,165,500 million worth of weed

TUCSON -The Pinal County Sheriff's Office, working with the West Desert Task Force, located a hidden SUV loaded with 1,550 pounds of marijuana yesterday morning.
At about 10 a.m. Wednesday, the sheriff's office Aviation Unit was working with the West Desert Task Force, a joint initiative between the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to combat drug trafficking in the West Desert region, according to a news release from the office.
The task force located an SUV in the desert off Interstate 8, near Stanfield Road, that was covered with a tarp and hidden with brush, the release states. Inside the vehicle, the task force found 1,550 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $1,165,500.

No suspects were found near the vehicle, officials state. The SUV and marijuana were seized.
"The Border Patrol continues to work in conjunction with our local law enforcement partners to combat transnational criminal organizations' efforts to operate in southern Arizona," said Tucson Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Manuel Padilla, Jr. "I am proud of the men and women who protect our country by serving in a law enforcement capacity. By stopping drug shipments such as this, we all move closer to achieving our common goal of securing the border and making our communities safer."

TUCSON Az (240 Bundles of Marijuana concealed- CBP seized 2.8 million worth ) Nogales

TUCSON - Customs and Border Protection officers seized over $2.8 million worth of marijuana Wednesday, representing the fifth largest bust in Nogales since 1990.
Officers at the Mariposa Port of Entry referred 41-year-old Nogales, Sonora resident Erik Arredondo Garfel for additional inspection of the tractor-trailer he was attempting to drive into the United States, according to a news release from CBP.

Officers became suspicious while inspecting a shipment of electronic components, and brought a drug-sniffing dog to sniff for concealed contraband, the release states. After the dog alerted to the presence of drugs, officers found and removed 240 bundles of marijuana weighing nearly 5,700 pounds.
The tractor trailer and its contents were processed for seizure, and Arredondo Garfel was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.

Connecticut ( Elementary school - Shooting gunman killed ) Breaking news

ABC News -

• Email0
• Share2806
• Share0
• Print

A shooting involving two gunmen erupted at a Connecticut elementary school this morning, prompting the town of Newtown to lock down all of its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said today.

State Police confirm that one shooter is dead. A second gunman is apparently at large, sources told ABC News.

The shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, about 12 miles east of Danbury.

State Police received the first 911 call at 9:41a.m. and immediately began sending emergency units from the western part of the state. Initial 911 calls stated that multiple students were trapped in a classroom, possibly with a gunman, according to a Connecticut State Police source.

A photo from the scene shows a line of distressed children being led out of the school.

CLICK HERE for more photos from the scene.

While some students have been reunited with their parents on the school's perimeter, one group of students remains unaccounted for, according to a source with a child in the school.

Newton Public School District secretary of superintendent Kathy June said in a statement that the district's school were locked down because of the report of a shooting. "The district is taking preventive measures by putting all schools in lockdown until we ensure the safety of all students and staff."

State police sent SWAT team units to Newtown.

All public and private schools in the town are on lockdown.

State emergency management officials said ambulances and other units were also en route and staging near the school.

A message on the school district website says that all afternoon kindergarten is cancelled today and there will be no mid-day bus runs.

TEMPE Az ( Missing ASU student - Photo shows him in Cadillac Bar ) Vanished

TEMPE, Ariz. -
ASU student Jack Culolias was last seen a week and a half ago leaving a Tempe bar. We're getting a look at what may be the last picture taken of him before disappearing.
The picture was posted on a Facebook page dedicated to the search for 19-year-old Jack. It shows him at Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace on November 30.
Police say he was kicked out of Cadillac Ranch for being too drunk. You can see him holding a beer in one hand in this picture.

He has not been seen since he left the bar.
The picture also shows what he was last seen wearing that night.
One of Jack's shoes was found near the banks of Tempe Town Lake. Crews searched the area, and dive crews went into the lake, but there was no sign of Culolias.
Tempe police is still working the case, and the family has hired a private investigator.

TUCSON Az ( Man faces 2 yrs in Prison- For looking up womans dress) Peeping tom

A Pima County Superior Court jury convicted a 43-year-old Vail man of the felony crime of voyeurism Thursday for looking up a woman’s dress at an East Broadway HomeGoods store.
Agustin Gonzales Gongora could be placed on probation or receive up to 2 1/2 years in prison when sentenced next month by Judge Howard Hantman.

Deputy Pima County Attorney Jared Kreamer Hope showed jurors a store security tape showing Gongora dropping to all fours while walking behind the victim on Sept. 8, 2011, and looking up her dress.
He also played Gongora’s recorded interview with police during which he said he had been shopping for a wedding anniversary present and had been overcome with romantic feelings.
Defense attorney Steven Sherick argued the woman had no reasonable expectation that she would not be viewed, but the prosecutor Kreamer Hope disagreed.
Kreamer Hope told jurors Gongora was guilty of voyeurism because he invaded the woman’s privacy. The underside of the woman’s skirt was not visible to the public, she didn’t know she was being observed by Gongora and he did it for sexual stimulation.
The victim had no idea what had happened until loss prevention officers told her, Kreamer Hope said. He also argued that looking up one’s dress while on one’s hands and knees is “inherently sexual.”

North Korea ( Satellite " tumbling out of control " ) Space flop

• Enlarge PhotoSohae Launch Facility, North Korea, …

The satellite launched by North Korea on Wednesday (Dec. 12) is "tumbling out of control," according to U.S. officials, NBC News reported.

The vehicle is in an uncontrolled orbit around Earth, and officials aren't sure what the spacecraft's purpose and capabilities are, NBC News reported.

North Korea lofted the spacecraft on its long-range Unha-3 rocket Wednesday at 9:49 a.m. local time (7:49 p.m. EST on Tuesday) from Sohae Satellite Launch Station on the nation's northwest coast. The liftoff sparked widespread international objections.

The White House National Security Council called the launch "a highly provocative act that threatens regional security, directly violates United Nations Security Council resolutions 1718 and 1874, contravenes North Korea’s international obligations, and undermines the global non-proliferation regime," in a statement from NSC spokesman Tommy Vietor.

The United States shares concerns with South Korea and other nations that North Korea's forays into space are thinly veiled attempts to develop and test nuclear missile delivery technology.

The launch was detected by U.S. missile warning systems, and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) officials said the Unha-3 rocket's first stage fell into the Yellow Sea, while the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea.

"Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit. At no time was the missile or the resultant debris a threat to North America," NORAD officials said in a statement.

The launch was not the first for North Korea, but it may have been the most successful, despite the satellite's apparent loss of control. When North Korea attempted to loft a spacecraft to orbit this past April, the rocket failed shortly after liftoff, and similar attempts in 1998 and 2009 also went awry.

TUCSON Az ( Man gets 1 year in prison-For killing puppy during fight with wife)

A Tucson man who killed a pit bull puppy during an argument with his wife was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison and three years intensive probation Wednesday.
Kevin Michael Davis, 46, was indicted in July on one count of cruel mistreatment of an animal and aggravated domestic violence.
Davis and his wife got into an argument over whether he should stop drinking and he twice took her puppy by its hind legs and slammed its head into concrete, killing it, according to court documents.
Davis pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals resulting in serious physical injury and aggravated domestic violence. Under the terms of his plea agreement, he could have been placed on probation on both charges or he could have received up to 2 years in prison on the cruelty charge and up to 2 1/2 years in prison on the domestic violence charge.

Assistant Pima County Public Defender Vladimir Novokshchenov asked Pima County Superior Court Judge Paul Tang to place his client on probation, noting he was just recently diagnosed as seriously mentally ill and would be able to receive treatment if released from custody.
Deputy Pima County Attorney Danielle Constant asked for a prison sentence because Davis has an extensive violent criminal history.
Davis’ wife did not speak at the hearing, but Constant said she did not want him to go to prison.
Tang opted for the prison sentence, saying he had a hard time imagining what Davis did to the puppy, all in an effort to emotionally torture his wife. “It’s beyond disturbing and deplorable,” Tang said.
Davis has seven prior felony convictions and 21 misdemeanor convictions, Tang said. The crime was committed four months after Davis was released from prison.

YUMA AZ ( Cannon used to Shoot DRUGS over border ) 30 cans-42,500 dollars worth

US Customs and Border Protection

Over 30 cans of marijuana were shot into Yuma via cannon, Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday.

By Lauren Steussy, NBCSanDiego.com

Over 30 cans of marijuana were shot into Yuma, Ariz., using a cannon, Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday.

The suspicious cans were discovered near the Colorado River in Yuma on Friday.
Border Patrol agents said the discovery was "another unique but unsuccessful attempt" to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
An investigation of the area determined that the cans were fired from about 500 feet away with a pneumatic-powered cannon. A carbon-dioxide tank was found nearby.
Read more news on NBCSanDiego.com
Mexican authorities were also looking into the incident.
The marijuana weighed 85 pounds and was valued at $42,500. It will be destroyed, according to a statement from the agency.

JAPAN ( North Korea fires Rocket - Missile passed over Okinawa )

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman voiced protest over North Korea's rocket launch on Wednesday, saying it was "extremely regrettable."

 

 

"Japan cannot tolerate this action," Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told a news conference.

North Korea launched a rocket on Wednesday and the missile appears to have passed over Okinawa, Japan's government said.

(Reporting by Leika Kihara, Editing by Mayumi Negishi)

El Paso County ( Wandering PONY - Deputies looking for the owner ) See war pony photo

El Paso County deputies looking for owner of wandering pony

By Adriana M. Chávez / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 12/11/2012 12:57:12 PM MST

El Paso County Sheriff s deputies are looking for the owner of a pony found wandering in Montana Vista on Monday morning. (El Paso County Sheriff's Office)

El Paso County Sheriff's deputies are looking for the owner of a pony found wandering in Montana Vista on Monday. Deputies found the pony walking on the road near Krag and Big John streets about 9:45 a.m. Monday. Fearing the pony was creating a traffic hazard, deputies detained the pony for Animal Control officers. Deputies said the pony is female and doesn't appear to be ill or injured. Anyone with information on the pony's owner is asked to call sheriff's dispatch at 546-2280.

MEXICO Juarez ( Two Police Officers Killed- 3 Injured Ambushed ) Cartel wars

2 Juarez Police Officers Dead, 3 Injured in Weekend Attack

Monday, December 10, 2012 | Borderland Beat ReporterBuggs

By Lourdes Cárdenas
El Paso Times

Two Juarez police officers were shot to death and three more survived an attack during a violent weekend in Juarez that targeted peace officers.

As a result of those attacks, the municipal police force will be sequestered "as long as it will be necessary," authorities said Monday. "We are going to sequester the officers as we did it before," said Juárez Mayor Héctor Murguía. "They will be sequestered at the federal police headquarters."

The string of violence against city police officers started Friday morning when a police convoy was ambushed by an armed command at the intersection of Montes Urales Avenue and the Oscar Flores Boulevard. Three officers were injured during the attack.

One of them remains in serious condition in a local hospital. The other two were released from the hospital the same day with no threatening life injuries. A second attack on police officers occurred Saturday morning when an officer was killed while still in his pajamas outside of his house at La Chaveña neighborhood in downtown.

That same day in the evening, another officer was shot while watching over a convenience store at the Anahuac neighborhood.

Murguía said the attacks against the officers was a result of the actions taken by the municipal police to fight organized crime and he refused the idea that the violence is resurging in the city.

"The police corporations are working together to reduce the number of crimes in the city", he said in a press release. "We have a strong and qualified police force."

This is the second time that the police force gets sequestered. In January this year, the officers were confined to hotels after a string of violence left more than eight officers killed in just that month.

Adrián Sánchez Contreras, spokeman of the municipal police, said the sequestration process will start today.

He said the officers will continue patrolling the streets, but they won't go to home after their shift. "They will work like normal," he said. "But they can't go home. This is for their safety".

The sequestration process will last as long as necessary, he said.

Picture courtesy of "La Polaka."

GRAND Canyon ( Body Recovered - A male of unknown age ) Breaking story

Body recovered from Grand Canyon

Posted: Dec 10, 2012 2:22 PM PSTUpdated: Dec 10, 2012 2:22 PM PST

Posted by John Ames - bio | email

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park have removed an unidentified body found below the canyon rim.
The body was discovered by the park's helicopter pilot on an unrelated routine mission. It was located below the Abyss Overlook on Hermit Road.
Two rangers were flown to the scene to investigate and prepare the body for transport. They determined it was a male of unknown age.
The body was turned over to the Coconino County Medical Examiner. The circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated by the National Park Service and the medical examiner

PORTLAND ( 7 and 11 yr old boys - Try to Carjack woman at gun point ) See Story

Two boys, aged 7 and 11, were picked up by police in Portland, Ore., this weekend after they allegedly attempted to carjack and rob a woman with a handgun.

Police said that the two boys had a cocked and loaded .22 handgun that they brandished while telling Amy Garrett, 22, to give up her money and truck.

Garrett told ABC News affiliate KATU she was waiting for her parents at the Freedom Foursquare Church in Portland when she was approached by the boys.

They told her to give them her truck or be shot. It's not clear if they were big enough to be able to drive the truck.

"He was showing me his gun and I asked him if it was real," she said. "He said, 'You don't ever ask somebody if it's real. That's how you get yourself shot.'"

"I didn't think it was real," Garrett said. "They were just two really young kids."
Garrett said that the 7-year-old boy told his friend to "show her your piece," at which point the 11-year-old raised his shirt to show off the gun.

"He said it was fully-loaded and cocked and ready to go. He told me he was going to blow my brains out if I didn't give him anything," Garrett told KATU.

She refused to give the children her truck, and they then demanded her wallet and phone. She drove away and called 911, she said.

"My heart was beating a million miles a minute. I'm surprised it didn't completely beat out of my chest. I was very scared," Garrett said.

Portland police also received a call from another 11-year-old boy saying that he had seen a child with a gun. When officers arrived on the scene, the boys tried to flee but were caught.

The 11-year-old reached for his back pocket, but was grabbed by cops who found a cocked and loaded gun in his pocket, according to a statement released by Portland police.

Officers were then flagged down by Garrett, who relayed her encounter with the boys.

The children were not handcuffed or arrested because of their age, but were taken home to their parents' custody, according to a statement from the Portland police department. Police will report the incident to juvenile court, they said. Detectives are still investigating where the 11-year-old obtained the weapon.

Afghanistan ( Female Government worker-activist-Shot and killed )

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen shot dead a senior female government worker on Monday, officials in eastern Afghanistan said, five months after her predecessor was killed in a bomb attack.

Violence against women appears to be on the rise in Afghanistan, which activists and some lawmakers blame on what they say is waning interest in women's rights on the part of President Hamid Karzai's government, claims he denies.

Some men (shoes off ,some shoes on)

Nadia Sediqqi, acting head of the women's affairs department in Laghman province, was killed as she headed to work in the capital Mehtar Lam, said the provincial governor's spokesman Sarhadi Zwak.
"They shot her as she was getting into a rickshaw," Zwak said of the attack about 150 km (93 miles) east of Kabul, adding that she worked without bodyguards -- a common situation for female government workers.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Afghan women have won back basic rights in education, voting and employment since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001, but fears are mounting that such freedoms could be traded away as Kabul seeks peace talks with the group.
Sediqqi had replaced Hanifa Safi, who was killed in July by a car bomb that her family blamed on the Taliban.
Women who pursue careers in ultra-conservative Afghanistan often face opposition in a society where often they are ostracized, or worse, for mixing with men other than husbands or relatives.
Safi's son later told Reuters that authorities had ignored repeated requests for protection, echoing greater concerns that the safety of female government workers is not taken seriously by Kabul, despite commitments to better the rights of women 11 years into the NATO-led war.
(Reporting by Rafiq Shirzad, writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman, Editing by Jonathan Thatcher)

MEXICO ( Guadalupe City police run- City taken over by El Chapo " Guzman " ) Sinaloa Cartel

Guadalupe y Calvo Ongoing Battles for Drug Smuggling Routes - 11 Die

Sunday, December 9, 2012 | Borderland Beat ReporterHavana Pura

Borderland Beat

El Diario and various media outlets reported last summer, during July and August, that the entire police force of Guadalupe y Calvo deserted when gunmen from the Sinaloa cartel overtook the area.

"Last night the municipal police ran out, everyone left, like 40 policemen, including commanders and principals, all surrendered their weapons and left because the gunmen threatened them and right now there is nobody to care for citizens".

"We are very afraid, no police and we are at the mercy of thugs, because there are just a few of the Judicial police who we do not want to leave..."

"Here the army does nothing, there are armed people everywhere, we know that there are many of Sinaloa gunmen but they do not stop them, "We need help, the authorities know that the citizens of Guadalupe y Calvo are in danger."

Towns people also said that for months the criminal group of Joaquin El Chapo",Guzman Loera, " was maintaining control of Guadalupe y Calvo, and that between 26 and 29 of July they took up arms to all agents, who charged 10,000 pesos per weapon to recover.

This information was denied by the Attorney General. In a statement, the agency reported that "there is no evidence on that group, no incidents have been reported, while they continued the ordinary coordinating with state forces military personnel stationed in the region of Chihuahua.

LONG Beach (Jenni Rivera- Mexican American Singer feared dead ) Plane Crash

                

Jenni Rivera performs at the Latin Billboard Awards
Jenni Rivera performs during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla. Authorities in Mexico say the wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying Rivera has been found and there are no apparent survivors. (Lynne Sladky / Associated Press /April 26, 2012)

 

By Meg James

December 9, 2012, 4:24 p.m.

Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera, a popular recording artist and reality television star, is feared dead after a small plane crashed early Sunday in northern Mexico.
Mexico's Ministry of Transportation and Communications said the Learjet carrying seven people, including Rivera, was found in mountainous terrain near Nuevo Leon, just south of Monterrey. There were no survivors, authorities said.
The plane left Monterrey around 3:30 a.m., following a concert that she had given, according to the Associated Press. The U.S.-registered Learjet 25 was headed to Toluca, near Mexico City.

 

PHOTOS: Jenni Rivera missing
The 43-year-old Long Beach native, known to fans as "la diva de la banda," was best known for her interpretations of regional Mexican music, norteno and banda. She was one of NBCUniversal's biggest bilingual television stars, with a hugely popular reality show, "I Love Jenni," on cable channel Mun2.
She also had a syndicated weekly radio program and clothing and cosmetics lines -- all designed to appeal to U.S. Latinas. The ABC television network was developing a sitcom starring Rivera, tentatively titled "Jenni," about a strong-willed Latina single mother.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, Rivera has sold 1.2 million albums and 349,000 digital tracks in the United States.
Rivera belonged to one of the most important dynasties in contemporary U.S.-based Mexican music. Her father, Pedro Rivera, launched the independent label Cintas Acuario in 1987; it grew out of a booth at an area swap meet. Her four brothers were also involved in music, and her younger brother Lupillo also is a wildly popular Mexican regional singer.
According to her Telemundo biography, Rivera didn't plan on joining the family's musical dynasty. But after an early marriage ended in divorce, she obtained a college degree in business administration and worked in real estate before going to work for her father's record label.
Her debut, "Chacalosa" (slang for "party girl"), was her introduction to the music scene. She eventually signed with Fonovisa, one of the most prominent labels in regional Mexican music, and began releasing bestselling Latin music CDs.
More than 16,000 people attended a concert that she headlined last year at Staples Center in Los Angeles. She was scheduled to appear next March at L.A.'s Gibson Amphitheatre.
So many fans flocked to a record-signing event in Riverside last year that police reportedly were called to help disperse the massive crowd.

TUCSON Az ( MISSING woman - 71 yr old walks away from Care Home )

Rating:

 UPDATE (LOCATED found in the desert is ok).

TUCSON- The search for missing 71-year-old Guillermin Lopez is continuing Sunday in the area of East Roger Road and Catalina Highway.
According to Pima County Sheriff's Deputy Tom Peine, Lopez was last seen around 7:20 p.m. Saturday at the Dempsey's Adult Care Home on East Roger Road.
Authorities say she is mentally disabled and diabetic and has only been at the care home for 24 hours.
Lopez is described as Hispanic, with salt and pepper hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet tall, heavyset and was wearing a grey sweater and grey pants when she was last seen.
Members from the Sheriff's Search and Rescue, Southern Arizona Rescue Association, Southwest Rescue Dogs and Southern Arizona Mounted Search and Rescue Association are assisting in the search.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts should call 9-1-1.

Porterville Calif. ( Tule Indian Reservation- 3 dead after shooting ) 4 wounded

PORTERVILLE, Calif. — Three people died and four others, including two young girls, were wounded after a shooting on an Indian reservation in Central California, authorities said.
When deputies were called to a trailer Saturday night on the Tule Indian Reservation, they found the body of a man and a woman inside, Tulare County sheriff’s officials said in a release Sunday. A third body was nearby.

Deputies also found a wounded male juvenile. His condition was not known.
Tulare County authorities did not immediately return a call to The Associated Press seeking details.
The Fresno Bee (http://bit.ly/WUNeOW ) reported that a vehicle with the suspect — 31-year-old Hector Celaya — and his daughters, ages 5 and 8, was pulled over by deputies early Sunday.
Celaya was then wounded during an exchange of gunfire. He was being treated for life threatening injuries, sheriff’s officials said in their release.
Officials say the girls were hospitalized after they had been earlier shot by their father. One girl suffered life-threatening injuries while the other girl was less seriously hurt.
Sheriff’s officials say they were able find Celaya by tracking his cellphone.
The reservation where the shooting took place is about 50 miles north of Bakersfield.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed