Boyfriend arrested in missing San Jose woman homicide case

Wednesday, February 24, 2016
HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) -- Police arrested a man Wednesday accused of killing a missing San Jose woman named Stacey Aguilar. The suspect has been identified as the victim's 23-year-old boyfriend, Esmid Valentine Pedraza, a resident of unincorporated Hayward.

Aguilar disappeared last week after leaving a party with on Silva Avenue near Jackson Street in Hayward.
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Residents said she left with Pedraza and was unharmed.

On Monday, Hayward police said Aguilar's body was found at noon on Saturday in a rural area off Morrison Canyon Road in Fremont.

Neighbors told ABC7 News they called police nine times because of a rowdy house party.

The Alameda County Coroner has completed an autopsy, but cannot release a cause of death at this time.

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