Oct. 24, 2024

DVA Month Bonus - Navigating Advocacy Presents - Bianca Carrasco

DVA Month Bonus - Navigating Advocacy Presents - Bianca Carrasco
DVA Month Bonus - Navigating Advocacy Presents - Bianca Carrasco
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DVA Month Bonus - Navigating Advocacy Presents - Bianca Carrasco

San Antonio, Texas. Bianca was a devoted mother who would never abandon her three children or leave a career she loved.

Where is Bianca Carrasco?

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San Antonio, Texas. Bianca was a devoted mother who would never abandon her three children or leave a career she loved.

Where is Bianca Carrasco?

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hosts of Navigating Advocacy, Whitney and Melissa, are two people

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in the ethical true crime community that we look to

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in supporting the community and advocating for justice and change

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through action.

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app episode because at the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast

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Festival earlier this year, many advocates were there working hard

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to get the word out about this missing woman, Bianca Carrasco.

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She vanished from San Antonio on May one, twenty sixteen,

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leaving behind three children. We know that her sister and

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family appreciate the support and everyone who shares information on

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Bianca's story. You can visit the help Us Find Answers

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for Bianca Crossco facebook page. After when you're done listening,

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about their work and be sure to subscribe and follow

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And now a special presentation of Navigating Advocacy.

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Welcome to Navigating Advocacy.

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I'm Melissa and I'm Whitney.

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We discussed topics that may be sensitive to listeners.

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Discretion has been.

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Vibe Happy Monday, Happy Monday.

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I hope everyone that has children or is a teacher

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or something related to the school system has kind of

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settled into their groove now that you're back in school.

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I am, for one, am glad that the kids are

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Same here, especially having two in high school. Now. It's

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absolutely surreal that I will be an empty nuster before long.

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Better start thinking about it now. So you can prepare

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for it.

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Oh no, I'm going to keep that box shut until

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the day of graduation.

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You're going to be hot meat press.

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That'll be as hopefully one day and not all year.

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Lung is the goal.

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That's true. That's true. We don't have a lot coming

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up until October. We're pretty chill until October and we'll

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be in the Berkshires.

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You can get your tickets there. It's a lot of fun.

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It's absolutely stunning there, especially in the fall. You get

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all of the fall colors from the New England area

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as they call it, and it was just I'm really

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sad that Melissa missed out on it last year, so

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we're excited to be able to do it together this year.

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I am beyond excited. I just keep thinking about the

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cooler weather that's going to be up there that time

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of year. So so excited to be wearing hoodies.

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Yes, it's chilly, it's wonderful. The house we're staying it

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has a fire pit. We'll have to remember to get

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firewood this time. Last time that was like a hard

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But it's okay, all right, I'm looking forward to it,

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So here we are in the lone star state, Texas,

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where I've lived my entire life. It is a prideful

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state at that No one loves their state more than Texans.

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Our home to many things, including excellent barbecue, waterburger and

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in population after California, and the second in size after Alaska.

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They say everything is bigger in Texas, and I feel

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like that is true. About the list of stories to

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share this week, we are navigating advocacy in San Antonio.

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Hailey Gray shared this story with me several months ago.

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And I know we talk extensively about Haley, but there

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really aren't enough words in the English language to explain

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her kindness and genuine care, especially for victims' families. I

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could honestly sit and talk about Haley for an hour,

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but she wouldn't like it if I did. Hailey brought

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this story to my attention after a Billboard campaign was

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granted through Season of Justice. Hailey shared her excitement for

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the family and asked some logistical questions about how we

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do our regular flyer campaigns. I jumped at the opportunity

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to take care of that for her, one because she

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does so much already, and two because this story is

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not far from where I live. I wanted a hand

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in helping. We planned to distribute the flyers the same

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week the Billboard launched, and even though we had yet

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to share this story here on our podcast, it was

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more important to make the biggest splashed we could than

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to worry about it coinciding with the release of this episode,

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So I've been waiting to share the story for quite

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some time. Today we are navigating advocacy for Bianca Carrasco.

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Bianca Zanette Carrasco was born on July twenty first, nineteen

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eighty six, in Odessa, Texas. She had an older sister

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named Jovanna, whom I had the privilege of meeting, but

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you'll hear about her later. The two were close, not

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just in age, but also as friends.

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We shared a room together. We're only eighteen months apart,

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so we were c We're both pretty girly. I think

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I'm a little bit extra than her, you know. It

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was kind of something she poked fun at me about

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but I don't know. As we got older, it was

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always fun to go shopping together and dress up our

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girls and all of that good stuff.

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The two lived with their mother until Bianca was around

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eight years old and Jovanna was ten, and that's when

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they moved in with their father in the Houston area.

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The girls had a rough home life with their father.

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He was physically abusive and extremely strict. They were not

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allowed to see their mom or any members of her

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side of the family. This drove a huge wedge in

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between them and ultimately led to them not having much

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of a relationship with the maternal side of the family.

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Bianca was sassy, loved to dance, and very very funny.

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She loved shopping, She loved make up, all the beauty stuff.

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She loved dancying with food. She was funny. I love food,

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I love all kinds of food. Now I'm trying foods.

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But Bianca was a creature of habit and she was

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very picky and still very plain. So if she ate

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a cheeseburger, it was only gonna have cheese or she

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had very specific restaurants she went to. She never liked

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trying anything new.

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At sixteen years old, Beyonca's life changed forever. Around two

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thousand and two, Bianca became pregnant and this infuriated her father.

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He sent her away while she was pregnant and forced

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her to give the baby up for adoption. Bianca was

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heartbroken and started to rekindle the relationship with her mother

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and her family in Odessa, but it wasn't quite the

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reunion Bianca was hoping for. Her mother struggled with substance

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abuse and it caused major riffs in the family. Shortly

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after returning to Odessa, Bianca began a relationship with Joe

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Daniel Carrasco, who goes by Daniel. Bianca had known Daniel

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for a while before this relationship began because he was

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her aunt's ex husband and was eleven years older than her.

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Daniel was twenty nine years old and Bianca was only eighteen.

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Although Bianca knew who Daniel was before they started dating,

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Bianca was not close with this side of the family.

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She didn't grow up near them and never built an

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uncle niece relationship with him, so their relationship is just

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what it is. It's just a relationship. Daniel and her

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aunt had divorced after he assaulted his best friend well

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before Bianca and Daniel started to date. Their relationship took

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off pretty quickly. Bianca became pregnant with their first child

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after a month of dating. Daniel and Beyonca moved into

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his home with his child from a previous relationship and

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provided for her. Bianca settled into this role and thrived

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in what appeared to be a stable home. According to

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the Charlie Project, the two may have had a rocky relationship,

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but their family and friends never noticed any red flags

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per se. But Beyonca was big on appearances. She never

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wanted anyone to know that something was wrong. In two

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thousand and eight, Bianca enrolled in an LVN Fast Track

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program at Odessa College. This is an intense program that

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doesn't follow the traditional two semester model. It was a

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solid year from August to August with minimal breaks. The

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class became close friends fairly quickly because they spent so

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much time together, and this is where Bianca would meet Julie.

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After the first few months, the two bonded and became

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extremely close after learning that they lived just a few

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blocks from each other. They began writing to clinical rounds

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and school together. They even spent weekends studying until the

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two graduated in two thousand and nine.

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That's amazing that she's a mom going to school full

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time doing these very intense program and then the fact

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that she met someone kind of in the same space

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she is that she kind of needed that. It's probably

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the first time she's felt stable and like she was

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putting herself first, So I just like love this.

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They were both hired at the same hospital, and Julie

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said that Bianca was an amazing nurse. She was compassionate,

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patient caring, and a true advocate for her patients and

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their families. Julie also was a single mom to three kids,

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and there were times where Bianca had to play at

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the single mom role because Daniel worked in the oil

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field and would be gone for week long shifts. Julie

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and Bianca adjusted their work schedules to be opposite so

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that they could help one another with childcare. It's always

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good to have one of those besties that you can

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rely on.

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It's it's amazing and so needed, especially because she didn't

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have a great family support site system outside of her

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husband and kids. So the fact that she had this

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best friend to help her is just so cute, but

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then I'm so weird. I'm like, Oh, they didn't get

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to work together, but obviously taking care of the children

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was more in their priority at that time. I absolutely

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love that too.

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One of Julie's favorite things about Bianca is that she

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loved music and to dance. One of her favorite songs

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was Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus. She couldn't

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not dance to it, especially with her oldest daughter. They

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had an entire routine choreographed. Julie also recalls a moment

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when she had been keeping Bianca's kids and a significant

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rainstorm had passed through the area, causing flash flooding. Bianca

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called Julie for help. A road around two blocks away

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from Julie's house was known for flooding, and Bianca had

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chosen to take that route to pick up her kids.

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She attempted to drive through the flooded street, but her

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car stalled and she couldn't make it. She called Julie

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for help because Daniel was out of town at the time.

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Bianca told her that her car was stuck in the

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wall and painted this picture as if her car was

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flooding and that she was in extreme danger. Julie rushes

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over the two blocks away and sees that Bianca's just

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sitting inside of her car. It stalled out, but it's

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not flooded. And her normal yet slightly dramatic tone, she

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asked Julie to help her because she didn't want to

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get her new tennis shoes wet and ruin them.

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My gosh, that is really one of my greatest fears

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is getting flooded while I'm driving, or driving through water

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and not knowing how deep it is. But that's hilarious.

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I love image she didn't want to get her shoes.

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Julie rolled up her pant legs, took off her own

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shoes and socks, and walked through the barely mid calf

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deep water to give Bianca a piggyback ride from the

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car to a dry section of land. Julie said that

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Bianca was laughing the entire time. Eventually, a man helped

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move Bianca's car out of the water and all was fine,

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but Julie likes to talk about the time that she

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saved Bianca from the flood. It became Julie's favorite inside

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joke to text her about any times it rained. She

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would tell her turn around don't drowned. In October of

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twenty thirteen, Bianca, Daniel, and their children moved to San Antonio.

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The family bought a house on Walnut Creek Road, and

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Bianca enrolled at the Galen College of Nursing to gain

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her r N license. Daniel continued working in the oil

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field and would travel from San Antonio to Odessa on

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his scheduled weeks on the rig. He had seven days

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on and seven days off. Bianco worked her tail off

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and graduated with her r N license. In the fall

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of twenty fifteen, she was hired on at a medical

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center in Live Oak, Texas. Five Oak is a suburb

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about twenty miles northeast of San Antonio. I literally drive

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through it if I were to come from Austin. Bianca

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really shined as a nurse and she was maturing as

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a person. Jovanna says, this is really when Bianca was

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finding her groove in life.

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It was only maybe a couple of years before she

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went missing, and at that point she was kind of

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in her groove. At San Antonio. I was doing my

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thing and we had never really it was kind of

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like boom boom boom. When she was eighteen, she had

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kids right away, got married and finding her way through that,

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and then myself included Remember we're only eighteen months apart,

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and we both you know, got married young and had

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children young, and so there was never any time to

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we were still trying to grow and learn about ourselves

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and who we were. And this memory, I felt like

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we were, you know, grown, we were older, and we

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didn't have our kids, and I don't think that had

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ever been a thing where we were We weren't together

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without our kids, and we just went shopping. We always

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laughed together. She always made me laugh, and we just

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walked around the river walk and had lunch. And I

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always liked to embarrass her. She was easy to embarrass.

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And yeah, it was more symbolic to we had overcome

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this stuff and we got to be big girls sitting there,

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you know, and just just enjoying each other and being

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sisters without all the fighting.

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In early twenty sixteen, she had been talking to a

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few of her coworkers about how unhappy she was at home.

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She had told them that things were tough and that

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her and Daniel weren't really speaking with one another. By February,

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the two were living as if they were separated, but

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under the same roof. Daniel was still traveling for work,

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so there is interactions were minimal, mainly on the weekends.

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Bianca changed her marital status from married to divorced on Facebook.

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In March, Bianca had met and began talking with another man.

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There were a few news reports that said Bianca was

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speaking with multiple men, but that's not correct. She did, however,

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not tell this man that she was still legally married.

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Discussions of divorce were a regular occurrence in between Bianca

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and Daniel, but he wanted custody of the kids in

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the divorce if it happened, and Bianca was close to

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agreeing to that arrangement, she wasn't sure she would be

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able to financially support the three kids on her own.

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Bianca confided in her sister that she was worried about

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money and how hard it would be to take care

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of the kids, but Jovanna assured her that if she

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switched jobs to a different nursing role, she would be

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at a better position financially for the kids, so she

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started looking for new jobs. While they were talking about divorce,

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Jovanna believed that Daniel wasn't truly accepting that the relationship

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was over. It was normal for them to argue and fight.

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They would go for extended periods of time not speaking

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to one another. Daniel thought that this was just another fight.

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He quit his job in Odessa for a job in

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San Antonio so that he wouldn't be gone as much,

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thinking this may help. This new job only lasted a

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few days because Daniel was preoccupied with his marriage. Daniel

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manipulated Jovanna into giving him access to Bianca's call log

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on April twenty seventh to see who she was texting.

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He then learned about the man Bianca was talking to

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and became enraged. Daniel began threatening Bianca to the point

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that she left work early that day because she was

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afraid Daniel would show up. She told Jovanna that she

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was scared and that she was going to go home

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quickly to look for their gun. Oh wow, Oh, this

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is getting bad. She also bought a new phone that

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Daniel wouldn't be able to access. Daniel took some measures

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against Bianca as well, by removing all of the money

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from their joint bank account and put it into one

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that only he could access. Bianca texts Jovanna saying, quote,

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Daniel emptied the account and opened another account without my

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name on it, so I have no access to the

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money except my credit card, which is almost at the

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limit money. I busted my ass for end quote. The

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threats continued from Daniel as he texted her new cell

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phone that Bianca showed her coworkers on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

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According to Jovanna, Bianca told her colleagues that typical line

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of if I go missing, you know what happened to me.

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Maybe not in those exact words, but that's the sentiment

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she was sharing. These threats ranged from him saying that

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he was going to show up at her work to

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saying he was going to kill her. At one point,

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Daniel called the man Bianca was talking to, telling him

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that Bianca was married. This led the man to confront

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her and end things because he did not want a

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relationship with a married woman. Bianca decided that it was

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time to file for divorce and told Daniel that she

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had plans to meet with a divorce attorney. Jovanna had

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talked to Bianca around two pm that same day, and

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Bianca had shared that she had made an appointment with

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a lawyer for May sixth, she was wanting to discuss

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the custody of her children. Giovanna said that Bianca seemed

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calm and level headed throughout the discussion, but she was

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concerned that Daniel would get full custody of the kids.

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Bianca also told Jovanna that Daniel was giving her the creeps.

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She woke up one night around two am and found

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him standing over her in the next couple of hours.

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On May first, Bianca had posted a few Snapchat videos

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with one of her children, and then her phone was

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turned off and Bianca was never heard from again. Jovanna

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had called her on the second, but was never able

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to get through her phone remained off. Jovanna called her

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work and Bianca hadn't showed up for her shift that day.

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This was a major red flag. Bianca did not miss work,

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and Jovanna told her coworkers that if she didn't show

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up on the third that she was going to call

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the police.

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Wow, and obviously she needed the money considering he had

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taken it all, so it's and if she's about to

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hire a lawyer, there's probably no way that she would

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miss a whole shift as a nurse, which could be

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a significant amount of money for her. Dang, this is

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just tragic.

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And you have to look at the future too. She

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doesn't want to do anything with her job that she's

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going to cause a rift to potentially lose that job,

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because if she doesn't have a job, she's not going

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to win a custody battle, So she would have thought

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of those things. Gravanna called Daniel that same day just

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to see if everything was okay, because Bianca's phone was

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still off. Daniel told her that he and Bianca had

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gotten into an argument after the kids went to bed

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on the first. He said that Bianca started walking away

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from the house and that was the last time he

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saw her. He got into his car to leave for

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work with their youngest child, leaving the other two kids

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at home. Jovanna was upset that Daniel left the two

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other kids alone at home, and when she called him

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out on it, he said he thought Bianca was going

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back to the house. It seemed as though Daniel wasn't

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telling Jovannah everything. Though he had quit his job in Odessa,

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his job in San Antonio ended after just a few

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days because he was wanting to keep track of Bianca.

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How could he have been leaving to go to work

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when he didn't have a job.

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Yeah, exactly. And how old were do you know how

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old the kids were?

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I'm assuming not old enough to be left alone. Oh,

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they were not old enough to be left alone.

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Wow.

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Also, what struck Jovanna as strange is that Bianca didn't

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go for walks. Definitely not at night. She would have

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never left her kids alone at home, but Daniel said

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he never saw her again, and that she had left

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her car at the house with her purse inside. Hold

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on to this because this is a tidbit of information

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we're going to talk about in a minute. Jovanna thought

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maybe Bianca really was angry and needed the evening to

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cool off. Perhaps she went to this man she is

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talking to his house, or a friend, or just needed

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a second. She spoke with her other relatives, who posted

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on Facebook about Beyond being missing, but decided to wait

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until the following morning to see if she would show

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up for her shift because she may miss one due

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to extreme stress, but she definitely wouldn't have missed two shifts.

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When she didn't show up that next day, Jovanna called

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the police. Now, Jovannah lives in the Houston area, so

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when she called the police in San Antonio, they said,

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you need to call Houston, So she called Houston so

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that she could make the report in person with an officer.

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So there's a little bit of confusion there as to

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where the phone call is, who made the report, et cetera.

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Daniel never reported Bianca missing because he thought she left

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on purpose. But if she left on purpose, why would

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she leave her car behind that was fully paid for

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with her person side.

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Yes, people need a vehicle for tradesportation and their purse

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if they are going to leave and start a new life.

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And if it's fully paid for and she needs money

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in the event she needs its down payments for things,

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she could have sold the car for more money.

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Yes.

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When law enforcement arrived at Jovanna's house in Houston to

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take the report, they asked why Daniel didn't report her missing,

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and Jovanna said she didn't know. The officer called Daniel

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to speak with him, and he told them they had

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the wrong number and hung up on them.

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Oh my gosh.

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Initially, San Antonio Police department was hesitant about listing Bianca

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as a missing person. We see that a lot, especially

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in adults. Their adults, they can make their decisions to

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go off on their own, so that doesn't surprise me.

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Daniel eventually spoke to the police and said that Bianca

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had been cheating on him and that she probably left

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town with the man she was seeing. He also said

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that Bianca had given her wedding ring back. However, Jovanna

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would confirm later that that wasn't true. Law enforcement reach

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out to the man Bianca was talking to to ask

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if he had seen Bianca. He was out of town

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with the sports team that he coaches, but they did

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speak with his mother. His mother said that a woman

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with brown hair had been at the house on Saturday,

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April thirtieth and Sunday May first, Then at around four

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am on Sunday, the woman's husband picked her up. Even

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though this seemed to be a real lead in Beyonca's disappearance,

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it was later confirmed that that woman was not Bianca.

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It was another close friend. Child Protective Services were called

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in for investigation on May fourth because they had received

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a call that stated Biyanca and Daniel had fought a

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lot and that when they learned Bianca was missing, they

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wanted to alert CPS. The kids were taken in the

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middle of the night and were placed with Jovanna for

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a short time. The investigation didn't go far because police

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had very little to go Ononka's leading up to her

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disappearance was uneventful. She ran some errands in the early

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afternoon and was texting her daughter throughout. She then got

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home a little before eight pm, which is the normal

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bedtime for her children. At eight oh eight, she had

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texted that man she was talking to, and she called

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him again at eight thirty eight. After that, there was

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no phone activity until ten twenty two pm, when the

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phone was turned off for the last time. Bianca was

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always on her phone, always, she had it with her.

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She was doing videos with her kids, taking pictures, looking

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on social media. That's who she was, like most of

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us these days. The fact that it wasn't used but

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turned on from eight thirty eight until ten twenty two,

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but not accessed, not had anything done to it is

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extremely strange. The phone records also indicated that her phone

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was turned off while she was at her house. Incidentally,

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Daniel made an outgoing call at the exact time Bianca's

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phone was turned off. His phone also had no activity

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from eight oh eight until ten twenty two, which is

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the same window Bianca's didn't wow. Police were able to

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recover the peings from Daniel's phone, but have never released

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the information. This didn't stop Julie from digging deeper. She

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learned that another friend had been messaging Bianca on the

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thirtieth and on the first. Julie reached out to that

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friend and inquired about what they had discussed. Bianca had

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asked her about potential employment and shared a bit about

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what was going on with her and Daniel, saying she

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was trying to find a higher paying job so that

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she could live without Daniel and keep her children. She

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even told this friend that she was considering moving to

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Houston to live with Jovanna for a bit. She told

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this friend that Daniel had become controlling and insecure. This

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friend has never been contacted by the San Antonio Police Department,

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and she said that she regretted turning down the lunch

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invite from Bianca on the last day that she was seen.

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San Antonio Police finally determined that Bianca could be at risk,

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and a be on the lookout was sent out. Some

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flyers were created with the information that Daniel had provided.

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He said she was last seen wearing a blue denim jacket,

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pastel multicolored leggings, and wedge shoes. He said she was

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carrying a pink Prada purse and a black Proto wallet.

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She was five to one and weigh one hundred and

488
00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:44.799
twenty five pounds of Latin descent, and shoulder linked brown

489
00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:49.839
hair and brown eyes. This clothing description seems very specific,

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after Daniel originally telling law enforcement that he can remember

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00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:58.480
what she was wearing. It's also a very specific outfit

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00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:03.480
that Julie feels Beyondanka would never wear. She wasn't even

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00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:08.680
sure that Bianca owned pastel multicolored leggings. She was a

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girly girl fashionista, if you will. That is not an

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00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:15.880
outfit she would have put together because hot a pink

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00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:20.799
Prada purse is not going to match pastel multicolored leggings. Also,

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00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:24.160
how could she have been carrying the purse if it

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was left behind in the car.

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Exactly? And was it the pink purse was at the

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purse that was found in the car.

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Several public searches were held, including two in her neighborhood. Texas.

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EXU SARCH provided assistance with ATVs, dogs and drones, but

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nothing was ever recovered. Less than a week after Bianca disappeared,

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Daniel told law enforcement that he could no longer afford

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to live there, that he was preparing to move and

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lease the house out, and that they could search the

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house and her car. This is days after Bianca disappeared.

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OK dogs were brought in and luminoal tests were completed

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to look for blood or blood cleanup, but nothing was

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ever reported as being found, or if they have, they've

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kept it very tight lipped. When officers searched her car,

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no mention of the pink Proda purse was mentioned, yet

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00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:19.240
Daniel told Jovanna that it was left in the car.

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Then Daniel moved to Odessa and leased the house out.

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By May twenty third, foul play could not be ruled out.

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There were no suspects named. Daniel has only been questioned once,

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and after originally agreeing to a polygraph test, he spoke

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with a lawyer and then later declined the test. Six

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months after Bianca's disappearance, CPS allowed the children to return

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to Daniel. He moved back to San Antonio into the

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00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:57.400
house he shared with Bianca. Bianca has completely vanished. She

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00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:59.680
was not the type to leave her children, let alone

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00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:02.880
walk away without a dollar on her. And also, you're

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00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:05.680
gonna go for a walk in wedge shoes? Yeah right, I.

525
00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:08.799
Totally was thinking that when you said wedge shoes, I'm like,

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00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:12.519
those are not appropriate to be walking at night, considering

527
00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:15.559
Bianca was a person that didn't even want her shoes dirty.

528
00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:21.279
And I can't picture leggings and wedges. Is that that's

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00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.680
not even an outfit one would put together.

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00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:30.279
No, not at all. Can Daniel just suddenly afford the

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00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.680
house now? And that's why he came back. I'm assuming

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00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.039
he got a job somewhere.

533
00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:38.599
I'm assuming, or maybe he just brought the kids back

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00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:41.200
because that's the house they knew, because he wasn't He

535
00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:45.200
didn't have the kids when he moved away. Her bank

536
00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:48.240
account had over six hundred dollars in it when she disappeared,

537
00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:53.240
but it's never been touched. Eventually it was closed. She's

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00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:56.279
never been seen or heard from since that day. Her

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00:31:56.319 --> 00:32:00.359
children still live with Daniel, and he tells them that

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00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.400
mom just left.

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00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:04.319
She just left.

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00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:09.799
Jovanna, Julie Hayley, Search and Rescue San Antonio and many

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00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:14.440
other people are tirelessly looking for Bianca. San Antonio Police

544
00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:18.039
department are staying tight lipped about the cell phone pings

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00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:21.079
on Daniel's phone, as well as the case file. They

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00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:25.200
won't even give it to Jovanna. Could something have happened

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00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:29.440
that night that Daniel and Bianca argue. Julie believes that

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00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:33.880
Daniel could possibly have snapped and harmed Bianca and that

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00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:37.519
perhaps her body is somewhere between San Antonio and Odessa.

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There are thousands of dark backroads in Texas. It's been

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00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:46.839
eight years since Bianca disappeared. Her family is adamant that

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she would not have left her children behind and she

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00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.000
would have not gone off the grid. She is not

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00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:54.920
one for nature, so she's not just going to disappear.

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Any information, no matter how small or insignificant, you feel,

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00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:04.160
should be called in. In June of twenty twenty four,

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00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:07.799
crime Stoppers offered a five thousand dollars reward for tips,

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So if you have any information, please contact San Antonio

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00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:15.039
crime Stoppers at two one zero two two four stop.

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You of course, can follow the journey to help find

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00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:22.839
Bianca at help Us Find Answers for Bianca Carrasco on

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00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:27.319
all social media platforms and start sharing. Jovanna believes that

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with enough media attention, they may be able to advance

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Bianca's case. This year, in honor of Bianca's birthday, I

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00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.240
had the opportunity to drive to San Antonio and meet

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00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:42.240
Jovanna and Julian person. They held a birthday celebration for her,

567
00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.720
and it was beautiful, sad, and inspiring. They are not

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00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:47.920
ready to give up until Bianca comes home.

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Wow. I feel like that's the eighth time I've said

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that during this episode. But my gosh, this one is

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00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:03.440
beyond heartbreaking. I wow, I had never I mean, I

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00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:06.519
knew you were in San Antonio. I've heard of this case,

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00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:08.239
but I did not know the ends and outs of

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00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:10.239
it the way that you just explained it.

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00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.000
And now.

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00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.599
I'm just shocked.

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00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:18.679
And I don't we don't like to point fingers, right like,

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00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:20.519
we don't like to speculate. We don't really like to

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00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:27.159
name suspects or docks people. But Daniel had a history

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00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.119
of violence. I mean, he beat up his best friend.

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00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:35.159
He clearly was hung up on Bianca and he was

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00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:36.239
tracking her to work.

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00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.679
He was.

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00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.199
Very, very upset when she chose to end things. He

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00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:46.800
was controlling and possessive, and it's all the markers of

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00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:50.960
a domestic violence situation. And I talked to Jovanna a

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00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:54.280
lot about this because they had a very rough upbringing,

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00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:59.639
and when you are raised in a household where there

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00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:03.719
is islands, you don't always know that that's not normal.

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00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:09.000
And she really believes that Bianca struggled with those thoughts

591
00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:12.079
and those feelings, and that's why she didn't tell people

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00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:15.039
about how rough things could have been at home, because

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00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.760
they could have been a lot worse than they even know.

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00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:19.880
Very true. Wow.

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If you have any information about Bianca Carrasco, please contact

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00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:27.000
the San Antonio Police Department at two to one zero

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two zero seven seven six zero.

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