(09-17) 21:34 PDT SAN JOSE — San Jose police searching for a parolee in a spree of crimes, including a gas station shooting and the kidnapping of a woman, found the missing victim’s body inside a downtown home Saturday morning.
The body of Cindy Nguyen, 60, of Campbell was discovered at about 8 a.m. on the 500 block of North 12th Street, a residence that is associated with the suspect, Paul Ray Castillo, 33, of San Jose. Castillo remains at large, authorities said.
“San Jose experienced a crime wave that we have not seen in a single day in a very, very long time, and I’m very concerned that the suspect we believe responsible for all the events from (Friday) is currently on the loose,” said San Jose Police Chief Chris Moore.
Police and Santa Clara County medical examiner’s officials are investigating. The cause of the woman’s death hasn’t been released.
The series of crimes began about 11 a.m. Friday when Castillo tried to rob a 42-year-old San Jose man pumping gas at the Chevron station at Lincoln and Curtner avenues in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood and shot him. The victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
The assailant then fled in a Nissan to the Plant shopping center at Monterey Road and Curtner, about a mile away. There, police believe Castillo came across Nguyen, who apparently was experiencing some trouble with her white Lexus.
Nguyen had called her boss, Nick Pham, “asking for one of us to help come out and give her a jump because her battery died,” Pham told reporters. “Five minutes later, she called back and said a Hispanic person is offering to help her. And that’s the last we heard of her.”
Shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, police tracked the Lexus to an apartment complex near King and Mabury roads, where they spotted the suspect and shot at him, San Jose police Sgt. Jason Dwyer said.
“I can tell you that they felt threatened enough to where they felt deadly force was necessary,” Dwyer said. “They did engage him with gunfire, and we do not know at this point if we hit him.”
Police cordoned off the area and searched unsuccessfully for him. Officers called off the search at the apartment complex at 5 a.m. Saturday.
Castillo is described as 5 feet 9, 210 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a thin mustache. He should be considered armed and dangerous, police said. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call police at (408) 277-4166.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/17/BAUD1L5V8P.DTL#ixzz1YHZ5Pr9yREBLOGGING THE SHIT OUT OF THIS. Whoever has seen this man, report IMMEDIATELY!!!! Now I’m even more terrified than ever….
YOU DUMB FUCKING BITCH, I’M GOING TO FUCKING MURDER YOU FOR MURDERING MELLISSA’S AUNT.
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This dude killed my cousin’s homegirl’s mom. My condolences go out to you Lam! RIP Cindy Nguyen
OMG…is this real?? I was in Campbell this Friday…. o.O
Jay you are still home!! You may be in an outlying city, but you are still in the Santa Clara county, thus you are still...
Cindy Nguyen was my parents’ close friend.
WHAT’S GOING ON BACK HOME!?!?!?!?! :(
My mom works at The Plant… *shudder*
lets get this foo .
I heard that they found him in sacramento today in the morning. idk o_o
(09-17) 21:34 PDT SAN JOSE — San Jose police searching for a parolee in a spree of crimes, including a gas station...
heard this yesterday night, everyone keep your eyes open.
i heard the gun shots that very night in my bedroom >.< i lived just a few blocks away from where it happened. sigh....
He has been caught //www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_18924391
Weird coz my friend was talking about this. Prayers go out to the Nguyen family!
O M G How fucken Scary!!!! D:
Fuck this bitch.