Jo-Anna Nieves

Yeah, I think it's because people are always looking for a reason to place on something rather than going to the route of, hey, somebody took this person and against their will.

She's a mother of two.

She's a prominent business owner in the community.

They're going to lean towards, hey, was there trouble at home?

Was she escaping from reality?

Was there mounting debt and a sinking business?

Rather than, hey, she's on a daily routine maybe of walking a dog or walking about a park and somebody abducted her because it's easier to digest that somebody voluntarily left their phone behind so that they can leave their family and their

their businesses to get away rather than, hey, this person was placed at risk when she was minding her own business.

Yeah, I think one thing to consider is it's one of those places where you're going to find more seclusion.

And sometimes the opportunity is more ripe when there's less hustle and bustle, less people around and moving.

You know, when we're talking about a property crime and there's a lot going on, easy in and out in downtown Oakland, right?

That's a...

go to crime, you can't get away from it.

But if we're thinking about somebody who may potentially have been abducted or harmed in some way, sometimes when you get them in a more remote area, like we're talking about a park that yes, it's accessible to the community, but there's these portions of it where you have that privacy and seclusion that may be more opportune for somebody that is looking to cause harm.

because who she was speaking to, the nature of the relationship she had, the background about her dynamics in the community is so critical to giving the law enforcement clues about what may or may not, may have occurred in this situation.

You know, she left the cell phone at home,

who was the last person she talked to?

She was gone for two and a half hours on a Wednesday in the middle of the day when most people might be picking their kids up from school.

So who did she have in her life that would help with those type of things?

Did she often take time away from the coffee shop to,