Crime

Authorities said Thursday morning that the body of a middle-aged woman - likely Martha Gutierrez, 52, who police believe was shot and killed by her son Abel Gutierrez March 14 - has been located near Pacheco Pass Highway where it meets Highway 156.

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Law enforcement investigators have interviewed more than 50 teenagers in Morgan Hill and Fremont in hopes of turning up some clues that might lead them to find Sierra LaMar, 15, who has been missing since Friday, authorities said. 

Sheriff’s deputies began conducting dozens of interviews with Morgan Hill and Fremont teens who might know anything about Sobrato High School sophomore Sierra LaMar, who was reported missing Friday.

An armed robbery and car chase that began in San Jose culminated on southbound U.S. 101 just before the 10th Street off-ramp Tuesday around 11:30 a.m.

Authorities have located the airplane that crashed in the Diablo Mountains and the deceased victim of the accident. 

Authorities are searching for a plane they believe crashed this week somewhere near New Idria, according to a statement from the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office.

The trial of accused child killer Cheryl L. Busch has been delayed again, this time until April.

Police say they have recovered and impounded the car of 27-year-old Abel Gutierrez, an Iraq war veteran who shot and killed his 11-year-old sister, Lucero Luna-Gutierrez, in the head before taking his own life Wednesday.