sancho - 4-7-2009 at 03:14 PM
Not directly Baja related, just that
it was found there, it appears
it may be some sort of hijacking
from So. Calif
Mother ID's son's body two weeks after slaying
2:00 a.m. April 7, 2009
TIJUANA: The mother of a 19-year-old North Carolina man found stabbed to death on a beach formally identified her son's body yesterday. “Who, who did
this to my son?” Elizabeth Taylor asked. “Why? Why did this happen?”
Shane Pennington was found dead two weeks ago. He had moved from North Carolina and was living in Orange County.
Baja California authorities said yesterday that Pennington had marijuana, cocaine and alcohol in his system when he was killed. A refrigerated meat
delivery truck, which Pennington was last seen driving the day before his body was found, remained missing. The 2004 Ford Ranger belonged to
Pennington's Orange County employer and contained 109 boxes of meat worth close to $3,000.
Salvador Ortiz, assistant attorney general for Baja California, said investigators ruled out involvement of organized crime.
Taylor said her son told friends that he was heading for work when he drove off about 1:15 p.m. March 23. He was not heard from again. His body was
found at 6:10 a.m. March 24.
A U.S. law enforcement source, who requested anonymity because he wasn't an authorized spokesman, said license plate readers at the border had
recorded the truck driving into Mexico at San Ysidro about 7:30 p.m. March 23. Three hours earlier, cameras had caught the truck heading north from
Tijuana into San Diego, suggesting that an initial crossing into Mexico had not been not recorded. –S.D.
CaboRon - 4-7-2009 at 03:46 PM
Sancho,
This story has been running for several days in the Baja News section of this forum ..... it belongs in the News ....
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=37955
Check it out.