Post by HeadMarshal on Mar 20, 2018 13:55:59 GMT -5
Photo Credits: Behind The Badge Orange County.com
(DOB: 4/17/48)
: Current Age: 69 (As of March 20, 2018)
AKAs: Juan Rodriguez Ramirez
, Rafael Amezcua Gutierrez
, Elidio Amezcua Virrulia
His alleged crime? Murder
Description: Male Hispanic, 5 feet 9 inches, 155 lbs.
Black hair and brown hair
Last known address: 814 S. Golden West, Santa Ana (1985-1986)
Bail: $250,000
Weapon: Knife (recovered)
Details of crime: On Aug. 15, 1987, Birrueta, who police describe as a homeowner/family man with four young children and “exceptionally jealous,” got in an argument with his wife, Arcelia Cisneros Birrueta, when she returned home late.
Police say that Birrueta dragged her out of the house screaming and stabbed her to death. He later told relatives her body could be found in the family van parked on Roberta Place in Garden Grove, police say. Birrueta speaks some English. At the time of the murder, he had worked and lived in Santa Ana and Garden Grove for about 12 years. Police believe Birrueta may have fled to Mexico or Central California.
Based on media reports, it is advised to contact Garden Grove PD Det. Farley at 714-741-5877 if you have any information on Elidio Amzcua Birrueta's whereabouts. If that phone number does not work (taken from 2014 article), then try the main number for the Garden Grove PD, which is 714-741-5000.
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Thoughts? Now that I'm done researching archived law enforcement websites for old fugitive cases, I'm now going through newslibrary and newspapers.com articles regarding city/county most wanted lists. Preferably I'm looking for fugitives where not only their warrants can be confirmed, but there is a current article/website mentioning the ongoing manhunt. That's how I learned about Elidio Birrueta thanks to a 1988 newslibrary article and a recent 2014 news posting. The Orange County warrants search confirmed he is still wanted as well.
As for why Elidio is still wanted 30 years later, it's probably since the photo quality we have of him is really bad. Since he only spoke some English during his 12 years in the US before allegedly killing his wife, I imagine he has spent most if not all of his time on the run in Mexico.
behindthebadgeoc.com/cities/oc/wanted-wednesday-family-man-fatally-slashed-wife-jealous-rage-police-say (Web.archive.org did not want to archive this page for whatever reason)
