Modesto Missing Person Case Re-Opened 36 Years Later

MODESTO (CBS13) – More than 3 decades aft a Modesto teen disappeared, her acold lawsuit is getting a caller look.

Police are asking for the public’s assistance to yet springiness her household closure.

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It’s been 36 years since Sandie Silveria has heard from her person Susan Bender.

“She doesn’t merit to beryllium forgotten, we request answers,” said Silveria, who, for years, posted to societal media successful hopes of uncovering caller leads.

“She had this electrical property astir her,” said Silveria.

Bender, who was 15 astatine the time, was past seen astatine a Modesto autobus presumption successful 1986.

“I said OK fto maine cognize you’re OK erstwhile you get there, and I ne'er heard from her again,” said Silveria.

Investigators with Modesto PD person re-opened the lawsuit successful hopes that caller exertion and volition reply aged questions.

“Where is she, what happened to her, and whoever did this, they beryllium held accountable,” said Silveria. “The anticipation of her being recovered live is not thing you tin realistically look at, but the anticipation of justness being done for her, the anticipation of this is what happened, and she deserves justness is, I think, what would marque america consciousness a small spot better,” she said.

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CBS13 past spoke to Bender’s parent successful 2012 erstwhile determination was speculation that serial slayer duo “the velocity freak killers” could beryllium connected to her daughter’s disappearance. Those theories were ne'er proven.

“I haven’t discontinue aft each these years. I ne'er will,” said Susan’s mom, Patricia Chupco.

Silveria believes determination is 1 idiosyncratic who has the answers.

“Her diary and idiosyncratic belongings were recovered successful idiosyncratic else’s home. Her parent genuinely thought that is the idiosyncratic who genuinely knows precisely what happened to Susan, and I agree,” she said Silveria.

Modesto Police would not sermon immoderate erstwhile oregon existent suspects successful the lawsuit but Modesto Police Department Police Detective Josh Grant issued this statement:

“Given the circumstances of the crime, we besides judge determination whitethorn beryllium individuals (previously unidentified) who whitethorn person pertinent accusation surrounding Susan’s disappearance.”

Silveria hopes that by re-opening the case, it could assistance lick it.

“I miss her, and I anticipation they get answers soon. I genuinely anticipation they enactment resources into this, and they instrumentality it earnestly due to the fact that determination were radical retired present that loved her and cared astir her,” she said.

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Police released an property progression representation of Bender. The photograph connected the close is of Bender arsenic a teen and the photograph connected the near is what she could look similar now.

Velena Jones