Hollister
– When Christella Macias is laid to rest today, it will have
been one week since authorities found her body at the end of a
westside neighborhood street.
Hollister – When Christella Macias is laid to rest today, it will have been one week since authorities found her body at the end of a westside neighborhood street.
As of press time Friday, police had not arrested anyone or identified any suspects.
Hollister police Capt. Bob Brooks said the department continues to urge people to take safety precautions and remain aware of their surroundings.
Brooks said authorities are doing everything in their power to close the case as quickly as possible.
“We don’t have enough information to make an arrest,” Brooks said.
At 8:43am June 22, police were called to the dead end of C Street, where they found the 20-year-old Hollister woman with her clothes pulled up to her neck and wrapped around her head, according to the man who found her.
Alana Miller, a 22-year-old Hollister resident and friend of Macias, said a group of her friends saw the woman alone on the afternoon of June 21 at Quik Stop on San Felipe Road, one day before she was killed.
The friends were going to give Macias a ride, but never did.
“They felt like if they would have picked her up this never would have happened,” Alana Miller said.
Macias and Alana Miller met during summer school seven years ago at San Benito High School. She described Macias as a sweet, outgoing and funny girl who knew everybody.
“We’ll miss her dearly,” Alana Miller said. “She was a cool girl.”
Officials have declined to state where and when Macias was last seen or what type of weapon they believe was used to kill her.
People have been cooperating with the investigation, the captain said.
Chief Jeff Miller said Thursday the case may take time, as no suspect was present when police arrived and the crime scene itself was not necessarily contained to where Macias was found.
Miller said he is not worried that the department has no one in custody.
“The fact that we’re a week out doesn’t concern me at all,” Miller said.
Detectives have had a busy week, looking at the crime from different angles, Miller said.
“I think they’re doing the best job they can with the resources we have,” Miller said.
