Changes: Carlos Berdeja

Revision as of 00:17, 23 April 2012

Real Name: Carlos Garcia Berdeja
Aliases: None known
Wanted For: Murder
Missing Since: July 1994

Case

Details: Carols Berdeja is wanted for questioning in the attack and murder on Jeanne Molina. In 1994, Molina began having terrifying nightmares that someone was attacking and beating her, and she believed the man was her husband. She eventually decided to leave him to keep this from happening; she moved to southern California and planned to bring her daughters (ages 10 and 4) and son (age 2) with her later. She got a job as a cook at a Tustin, California Red Robin restaurant and soon began training new employees.

In July, she planned to have her daughter Joanna move to Tustin. When Jeanne's mother and stepfather drove Joanna to the Red Robin on July 18, they were stunned to find out that she had not reported to work that day. Her parents were worried because they knew that Jeanne was excited to have her daughter again. The next day, Jeanne's mother reported her missing.

Two days before, at around 6:30 am on July 17, the Westminster Police Department received a call from two residents who witnessed an older beige Nissan Sentra pull into the driveway of a water storage facility that was under construction. The driver, an olive skinned and dark haired male got out of the car, picked up a large piece of asphalt and began slamming it into something. When the man noticed the two residents, he got into his car and drove off. The residents then noticed the crumpled body of a young woman and they called the police.

Carlos berdeja2 jeanne molina — Jeanne Molina

When authorities arrived, the woman's body had been so damaged that they were unable to identify her. She had been stabbed repeatedly, raped, strangled, beaten, thrown out of a car, then finally run over by the car.

Jeanne Molina remained a Jane Doe for several days until her landlord, who heard she was missing, read about the unidentified woman in the newspaper. Fingerprints on the woman matched Jeanne's. Tragically, Jeanne's premonitions had come true, except for the vision of her husband as her attacker. Evidence at the scene did not match him; he had an alibi and was several hundred miles away.

Detectives interviewed Jeanne's co-workers and found that she left the restaurant around 11 PM on Saturday, July 16. She returned later and talked with the 30 year old Berdeja, a co-worker, and police believe that the two left to celebrate Jeanne's daughter's arrival. Her car was found in the parking lot near the restaurant a few days after she was identified.

On Sunday, July 17, Berdeja called in sick, claiming a family emergency that required him to go to Mexico with his family. Authorities interviewed a co-worker who claimed that one month before the murder, Berdeja threatened him with a large knife and bragged that he killed someone in Mexico without getting caught. The next day he brought in a Spanish paper that said that he was a wanted fugitive. On the day he called in sick, Berdeja was seen cleaning bloodstains from his Nissan Sentra; his common-law wife Leticia Herrera Esteves and he sold most of their possessions. They soon vanished with their two children, claiming that they were visiting sick relatives in Mexico.

Authorities later discovered that Berdeja had a history of dating employees, was a drug smuggler, and had another wife and children in Mexico. When Berdeja's car was found abandoned a few weeks later, there was more evidence to prove he was Jeanne's killer; investigators found blood inside and determined that it had been used to run her over.

Berdeja is now wanted by authorities and the FBI, and is on Los Angeles's 10 Most Wanted list. He is 5'7, weighs 180 pounds, has black hair, works as a short order cook, plays volleyball, is considered armed and dangerous. He would now be 48 years old. His wife Leticia is also wanted in connection with the case.
Extra Notes: This case first aired on the September 5, 2001 episode of Unsolved Mysteries.
Results: Wanted
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 ==Case==
-'''Details:''' Carols Berdeja is wanted for questioning in the attack and murder on Jeanne Molina. In 1994, Molina began having terrifying nightmares that someone was attacking and beating her, and she believed that the man was her husband. She eventually decided that she had to leave him to keep this from happening, so she moved to southern California and planned on bringing her daughters, aged 10 and 4, and her son, 2, with her later. She soon got a job at a Tustlin, California Red Robin restaurant as a cook and she soon began training new employees. In July, she planned on having her daughter Joanna move in with her in Tustlin, but when Jeanne's mother and stepfather drove Joanna to the Red Robin on July 18, they were stunned to find out that she had not reported to work that day, and her parents were worried because they knew that Jeanne was excited to have her daughter again. The next day, Jeanne's mother reported her missing. Two days before, at around 6:30am on July 17, the Westminster Police Department received a call from two residents who witnessed an older model beige Nissan Sentra pull into the driveway of a water storage facility that was under construction, and the driver, an olive skinned and dark haired male got out of the car and picked a large piece of asphalt and began slamming it into something. The man then noticed the two residents, got into his car and drove off, and the two residents then noticed the crumpled body of a young woman and they called the police.
+'''Details:''' Carols Berdeja is wanted for questioning in the attack and murder on Jeanne Molina. In 1994, Molina began having terrifying nightmares that someone was attacking and beating her, and she believed the man was her husband. She eventually decided to leave him to keep this from happening; she moved to southern California and planned to bring her daughters (ages 10 and 4) and son (age 2) with her later. She got a job as a cook at a Tustin, California Red Robin restaurant and soon began training new employees.
+In July, she planned to have her daughter Joanna move to Tustin. When Jeanne's mother and stepfather drove Joanna to the Red Robin on July 18, they were stunned to find out that she had not reported to work that day. Her parents were worried because they knew that Jeanne was excited to have her daughter again. The next day, Jeanne's mother reported her missing.
+Two days before, at around 6:30 am on July 17, the Westminster Police Department received a call from two residents who witnessed an older beige Nissan Sentra pull into the driveway of a water storage facility that was under construction. The driver, an olive skinned and dark haired male got out of the car, picked up a large piece of asphalt and began slamming it into something. When the man noticed the two residents, he got into his car and drove off. The residents then noticed the crumpled body of a young woman and they called the police.
 [[File:Carlos_berdeja2_jeanne_molina.jpg|thumb|225px|Jeanne Molina]]
+When authorities arrived, the woman's body had been so damaged that they were unable to identify her. She had been stabbed repeatedly, raped, strangled, beaten, thrown out of a car, then finally run over by the car.
-When authorities arrived, the body of the woman had been so damaged that they were unable to identify her. She had been stabbed repeatedly, raped, strangled, beaten, thrown out of a car, then finally ran over by the car. Jeanne Molina remained a Jane Doe for several days until her landlord, who had heard that she was missing, had read about the unidentified woman in the newspaper, and fingerprints on the woman matched Jeanne's. Tragically, Jeanne's premonitions had come true, except for that her husband was her attacker, as the evidence at the scene did not match him, he had an alibi, and was several hundred miles away. Detectives soon interviewed Jeanne's co-workers and found that she had left the restaurant at about 11PM on Saturday, July 16. She returned later and talked with the 30 year old Berdeja, a co-worker at the restaurant, and police believe that the two left to celebrate Jeanne's daughter's arrival. Her car was found in the parking lot near the restaurant a few days after bein identified. On Sunday, July 17, Berdeja called in to the restaurant sick, claiming that he had a family emergency and had to go to Mexico with his family. Then, authorities interviewed a co-worker who claimed that one month before the murder, Berdeja had threatened him with a large knife and bragged that he had killed someone in Mexico and was never caught. The next day he brought in a paper written in Spanish that told said that he was a wanted fugitive. On the same day he called in sick, Berdeja was seen wiping out bloodstains from his Nissan Sentra, and he and his common-law wife, Leticia Herrera Esteves, soon sold most of their possessions. They soon vanished with their two children, claiming that they were visiting sick relatives in Mexico. Authorities later discovered that Berdeja had a history of dating employees, was a drug smuggler, and had another wife and children in Mexico. When Berdeja's car was found abandoned a few weeks later, there was more evidence found that proved that he was Jeanne's killer, including the blood and the car itself, which investigators determined was used to run her over. Berdeja is now wanted by authorities and the FBI and is on Los Angeles's 10 Most Wanted list. He is 5'7, weighs 180 pounds, has black hair, works as a short order cook, plays volleyball, is considered armed and dangerous, and would now be 48 years old. His wife Leticia is also wanted in connection with the case. <br>
+Jeanne Molina remained a Jane Doe for several days until her landlord, who heard she was missing, read about the unidentified woman in the newspaper. Fingerprints on the woman matched Jeanne's. Tragically, Jeanne's premonitions had come true, except for the vision of her husband as her attacker. Evidence at the scene did not match him; he had an alibi and was several hundred miles away.
+Detectives interviewed Jeanne's co-workers and found that she left the restaurant around 11 PM on Saturday, July 16. She returned later and talked with the 30 year old Berdeja, a co-worker, and police believe that the two left to celebrate Jeanne's daughter's arrival. Her car was found in the parking lot near the restaurant a few days after she was identified.
+On Sunday, July 17, Berdeja called in sick, claiming a family emergency that required him to go to Mexico with his family. Authorities interviewed a co-worker who claimed that one month before the murder, Berdeja threatened him with a large knife and bragged that he killed someone in Mexico without getting caught. The next day he brought in a Spanish paper that said that he was a wanted fugitive. On the day he called in sick, Berdeja was seen cleaning bloodstains from his Nissan Sentra; his common-law wife Leticia Herrera Esteves and he sold most of their possessions. They soon vanished with their two children, claiming that they were visiting sick relatives in Mexico.
+Authorities later discovered that Berdeja had a history of dating employees, was a drug smuggler, and had another wife and children in Mexico. When Berdeja's car was found abandoned a few weeks later, there was more evidence to prove he was Jeanne's killer; investigators found blood inside and determined that it had been used to run her over.
+Berdeja is now wanted by authorities and the FBI, and is on Los Angeles's 10 Most Wanted list. He is 5'7, weighs 180 pounds, has black hair, works as a short order cook, plays volleyball, is considered armed and dangerous. He would now be 48 years old. His wife Leticia is also wanted in connection with the case.<br />
 '''Extra Notes:''' This case first aired on the September 5, 2001 episode of ''Unsolved Mysteries''.<br />
 '''Results:''' Wanted<br />