Missing Jolissa Fuentes: Police treating 22-year-old’s disappearance as ‘a criminal matter’
Selma, California, Police Chief Rudy Alcaraz said Monday that investigators are treating missing Jolissa Fuentes‘ disappearance as “a criminal matter.”
Authorities have said the 22-year-old Selma woman was last seen on Aug. 7, driving alone in her silver 2011 Hyundai Accent, which has also disappeared, after stopping at an AM/PM gas station in Selma, California, at about 4 a.m. to purchase some items.
“There’s nothing overtly that leads us to believe that a criminal act occurred. However, Ms. Fuentes has been gone for a long time … and this is not normal behavior for Ms. Fuentes, so we are treating this as a criminal matter,” Alcaraz said during a Monday press conference.
The police chief explained that his department is making its best effort to “bring forward a prosecutorial case,” should the information it receives over the course of its investigation come to that conclusion.
“We’re going to find Ms. Fuentes. I don’t know how long it’s going to take, but we’re going to find her,” he said.
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Fuentes’ family reported her missing on Aug. 7 at about 8 p.m. The night before, she had attended a family party at about 8 p.m., went to her grandmother’s house to pick up some personal items at about 3 a.m., and then headed to the AM/PM station.
Authorities pinged her phone on the morning of Aug. 7, but the phone did not continue to ping that day, Alcaraz said. Investigators believe her phone traversed the city of Sanger and up through the Avocado Lake and Pine Flat Lake areas west of Selma, where they have searched and continue to search for any sign of the 22-year-old.
However, Alcaraz says Fuentes does not have any “digital footprint,” or online activity, since her disappearance.
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“It’s very rare that a 22-year-old girl has no digital footprint, i.e. cell phone, social media … things of that nature,” the police chief said. “Additionally, from the onset of this, the Fuentes family was adamant that this is not normal behavior for Jolissa, which, again, brings us our concern.”
The Selma Police Department is working in collaboration with the Fresno Police Department and Fresno Sheriff’s Office to refine search areas and look for clues leading to Fuentes’ whereabouts.
Authorities have sent search warrants out to social media and other online platforms to see if they can garner more information regarding Fuentes’ location from her social media and online activity, but Alcaraz said that can be a “slow” process.
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Edwin Diaz’s trumpets may be performed live at upcoming Mets game
Edwin Diaz’s walk-out music has become a cultural phenomenon and, at this point, arguably more popular than Mariano Rivera’s “Enter Sandman.”
And next week, New York Mets fans may be able to see “Narco” performed live.
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The team announced that Timmy Trumpet, the artist of the song, will be in attendance at Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and if Diaz does pitch, he will perform the song live as Diaz runs out from the dugout.
The trumpets gained fame last year, but Diaz is by far baseball’s best closer this year. His prowess on the mound has made Timmy Trumpet’s “Narco” into Spotify’s top song on their Viral 50.
With Diaz’s dominance, the song has become synonymous with him and has now grown notorious.
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Diaz has turned his legacy in New York around. He came to Queens in the 2018 offseason, along with Robinson Cano, in exchange for top prospects, including Jarred Kelenic.
After finishing in eighth place in the AL Cy Young Award voting in 2018, he pitched to a 5.59 ERA in his first year with the Mets, blowing seven saves and even losing his job.
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Since then, he owns a 2.42 ERA and striking out 15.4 batters per nine innings. He was named an All-Star for the second time in his career this season.
This year, he leads all relievers — by far — with a 17.7 K/9, and his ERA is down to 1.46.
He allowed a run on Aug. 21 for the first time since June 18. In that span, he struck out 43 batters in 21 innings, while walking just three batters.
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Chicago shooting outside high school leaves three juveniles, one adult injured: Officials
Four people in Chicago were injured on Wednesday during a drive-by shooting outside a high school on the city’s Northwest side.
A Chicago Fire Department spokesperson said that three juveniles were taken to local hospitals after the shooting which happened across the street from Schurz High School at an ice cream shop, according to FOX 32.
Two of the juveniles are in critical condition, and one is in good condition, the fire department spokesperson said, adding that one adult is also injured and was taken to a local hospital.
Mily Garcia said she was waiting outside the school in order to pick up her daughter when she saw an individual open fire from the inside of an SUV, shooting at a group of people at La Michoacána ice cream shop.
Two students said that the school went under a lockdown after the shooting.
Chicago police did not release additional details about the shooting.
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Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz breaks MLB Statcast with hardest hit ever recorded
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop Oneil Cruz broke Statcast Wednesday afternoon against the Atlanta Braves.
The Pirates might have been crushed 14-2 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, but Cruz likely dented the right field wall after hitting a single at 122.4 mph, the hardest-hit ball Statcast has ever recorded.
The ball traveled an estimated 366 feet and would have been a home run in 26 of 30 MLB ballparks..
The tall right field wall in Pittsburgh didn’t allow Cruz to trot around the diamond, but one could imagine how far that ball might have gone if it had a better launch angle.
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The previous record for the hardest hit ball went to another current slugger, Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, who hit a ball 122.2 mph twice — one in October 2017, the other in August 2021.
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StatCast is the analytical tool used by Major League Baseball.
Cruz, 23, has quickly become a showstopper with the Pirates after being called up in June. His numbers may not jump off the page — a .198/.249/.401 slash line with 10 homers and 30 RBI over 51 games — but his potential has been showcased with moonshot round-trippers and a cannon of an arm at short that has surpassed 100 mph on throws to first base.
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Cruz also stands at 6-foot-7, the same height as Yankees slugger and current American League MVP favorite Aaron Judge. There’s an argument to be made Cruz’s athleticism, which includes incredible speed, rivals that of Judge.
No wonder the Pirates are excited about what the future holds with this franchise cornerstone.
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Ducks’ Trevor Zegras, women’s hockey star Sarah Nurse named NHL 2K23 cover athletes
Anaheim Ducks‘ phenom Trevor Zegras will grace the cover of EA Sports’ NHL 2K23 alongside Canadian women’s hockey star Sarah Nurse.
Zegras became an overnight sensation last December when he pulled off the alley-oop assist from behind the net to Sonny Milano against the Buffalo Sabres, which has since been dubbed “The Zegras.” The move has been programmed into this year’s game.
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The ninth overall pick of the 2019 NHL Draft also scored two Michigan-style goals throughout the season and finished in second place in the Calder Trophy voting, which is awarded to the league’s most outstanding rookie (Detroit’s Moritz Seider took home the award).
Zegras, despite not officially being named an All-Star, was invited to All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas and participated in the shootout competition, doing his best Peter LaFleur impression from “Dodgeball.”
The 21-year-old led all rookies with 61 points — his 23 goals were tied for the second-most among rookies.
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Nurse recently won the gold medal in Beijing, and also won gold in the IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championships last year.
She led the Olympics with 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) and was named an all-star forward. She had a goal and an assist in the gold medal game.
Nurse is the first female cover athlete of the game.
“It’s something that I never even thought was in the realm of possibilities,” Nurse told ESPN. “I never even dreamed of being on it. And so I think that it’s huge, and I think that it just speaks for where women’s hockey is right now, the visibility and the value that people see in women’s hockey.”
The cover will officially be released on Thursday, and the game will be released on Oct. 14.