Behind the Badge
Anaheim detectives searching for clues on 20-year anniversary of cold case homicide
0Editor’s note: The Anaheim PD issued the following news release Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Anaheim Police detectives have reopened the investigation of a young woman’s murder on the 20- year anniversary of her disappearance. On July 2, 1999, Mariana Tapia, 18, of Anaheim, went missing after attending a friend’s birthday party at the El Rodeo nightclub in Pico Rivera. Tapia was last seen dancing with some unknown men inside the club. Tapia’s decomposed body was found on Aug. 22, 1999, buried in a brushy area near Gypsum Canyon Road and Santa Ana Canyon Road in Anaheim. An Irvine Company employee…
Joe Vargas, a former Anaheim police officer and president of the nonprofit Anaheim Cops 4 Kids Foundation, looked out at…
The Anaheim PD arrested a suspected bank robber after a nearly one-hour standoff Monday morning inside a Wells Fargo bank.…
A tip by a member of the community led Anaheim Police to a home Thursday night where they found nearly…
There are many reasons members of the public visit the Anaheim Police Department’s front counter: to report a crime, request…