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Maria Pastora Reyes

Case from Santa Ana, CA dated Jan 04, 2002

Victim Details

Maria Pastora Reyes

February 28, 2022

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Santa Ana

CA

2002-01-04

2002-01-03

1980-03-19

21

Maria

Pastora Reyes

Brown

Brown

5'1

110-120 lbs

07/04/2026


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On January 4, 2002, Maria Pastora Reyes, a 21-year-old woman from Santa Ana, California, was found murdered in Chino Hills. She was discovered in a dirt field, having been brutally stabbed to death. Reyes had been last seen alive the previous night, between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m., when she left a location in Santa Ana. Witnesses in the area of the crime reported seeing a group of Hispanic males in a brown 1990s Chevy van near the field around the time of the murder, raising suspicions that they ma ...
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  • Garden Grove Woman's Body Found in Chino - Los Angeles Times
  • Sheriff seeks help with 'cold' killings | News - Champion Newspapers
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