Bakersfield - Some Bakersfield residents made a grisly find on August 19th, when they decided to clean out some items from a storage shed they shared with others at Derrel’s Mini Storage. First they found what looked to be a severely decomposed hand, then later, in a separate container, skeletal remains were found. These remains were taken by investigators so that they could be examined. Supervising Deputy Coroner John Van Rensselaer has now stated that the remains were of two children 11 to 13-years-old, a boy and a girl, and have probably been dead for two to four years.
No sign of trauma has been noted but according to the coroner’s statement, they were Caucasian or Hispanic. Investigators are now working to identify the children using a comprehensive dental examination.
But there used to be a woman who lived with the family, and shared the storage facility with them. She had two kids who she later said had went back to Mexico to live with their father. She has since died. Anyone wanna make any bets on whether or not that the two kids never made it to Mexico?
Investigators are hoping that someone may know something about this case, and are asking anyone with information regarding the bodies can call the Sheriff’s Department at 861-3110.
17 responses so far ↓
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Kathy
Aug 28, 2008 at 9:29 am -I think this is one of the things that breaks my heart the most. Kids that go missing or are dead and NO ONE notices or questions it. I hope they died quickly and painlessly. I can’t even imagine being THAT alone in the world.
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claddaghgirl
Aug 28, 2008 at 9:36 am -Imagine if the mother thought her children would be better off dead than in whatever situation they were in. Any info on how the mother died?
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captainhowdy
Aug 28, 2008 at 10:09 am -Wow…I wonder what happened to those kids??? We’ll probably never know.
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Dancer82
Aug 28, 2008 at 10:16 am -Did the mother die of suicide? I wonder if she murdered her children and then couldn’t live with it so offed herself. This is sad b/c everyone believed the mother and never questioned it ever again. WOW!
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Carolina Girl
Aug 28, 2008 at 11:41 am -I can’t imagine what kind of life a child would have for there to be no one that noticed them missing. Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Classmates this is just sad.
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Lilbay
Aug 28, 2008 at 12:39 pm -Cases like these make me more determined to get through school and be an advocte for kids with no voice or true loved ones. These thinsg tear me up wondering what that child must have felt like in knowing that no one really gave a damn.
At least they had one another that is one small happiness i am sure for them.
At least I hope.
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WryBread
Aug 28, 2008 at 1:41 pm -If the mother passed away, there must be a record of where she was buried. Who paid for the funeral? It shouldn’t be too hard, I’d think to find the family and check whether her kids went back to Mexico or on a short jaunt to the storage bin.
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Shroomer
Aug 28, 2008 at 6:30 pm -I wonder if she put the kids in there alive and just left them or did she kill them and store them? Disturbing.
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majaka
Aug 28, 2008 at 8:32 pm -I couldn’t agree more, I wonder if there was no extended family who missed this kids. Sad story
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Gidget
Aug 28, 2008 at 10:38 pm -Makes you wonder what the mother told the family, doesn’t it?
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Tricia
Aug 29, 2008 at 12:26 am -My DH starts a new job at a storage facility Tuesday, I warned him to be on the look out for any strange tubs, freezers, odd smells, or anything unusal.
It’s just sick that people leave dead bodies in a storage unit. Poor kids. I hope they died instantly instead of suffering for days, months at a time. RIP Kiddos
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SNOOKIE
Aug 29, 2008 at 3:26 pm -Arg=poor kids. I hope they didn’t suffer
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Sickofcrap
Aug 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm -Sad. Does anyone think that maybe the mother paid someone to take them to Mexico and this is where they ended up?
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ymicnstarz
Aug 29, 2008 at 7:16 pm -Makes me sick to my stomach to think about mothers who harm there children, then on top of that just dump the bodies like they were garbage bags. No proper burial either. just forgotten about like yesterdays news. So sad. Makes me wonder where the father of these children thought they went when their mother died???
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Wonder
Aug 30, 2008 at 4:55 am -I call BS there was no one sharing the storage and there was never any Zanaida woman…
dead 2-4 years please do tell who’s been paying half the rents
I doubt they would of been stuck in there alive and locked up their bodies would of been found next time someone opened it.
I still say … BS!
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silvahalo
Aug 30, 2008 at 10:48 am -I agree these cases are so heart breaking. We will likely never know a name with a face.
For the sake of remembering these children aside from being the “dead-storage-children”…I dub them:
“Amara”-English nickname meaning “unfading”
“Javed”-Persian name meaning “eternal”
Rest in peace Amara and Javed
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Dakota Valkyrie
Sep 3, 2008 at 8:16 am -Siblings’ bodies IDd, but no cause of death
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.....12MTJF.DTL
Authorities are trying to determine the cause of death for two young siblings whose skeletal remains were discovered inside a storage unit.
Dental records identified the victims as Victor Reyes and Tricia Reyes. The brother and sister had been dead between two and four years.
They appeared to be between 10 and 11 years old at the time of their deaths. Their mother, Alecia Valadez, died earlier this year of a drug overdose. The siblings’ father lives in Mexico.
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