2016
Luis Bueno approached police in a CVS parking lot right after Alyssa's death and told them he heard a gunshot.
“it looks like right after Alyssa's death, he approached police in the CVS parking lot.”
Topic
Gilbert Police Department
10 facts from 2 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2016
Redacted lab results show male DNA was present on the full latex glove found at the scene, and the donor is not publicly identified.
“All I can read is that the full latex glove had male DNA present.”
2018
Gilbert detectives located Luis Bueno at the library in November 2018 and conducted a second official interview with him.
“and that's where they find him in November of 2018”
2018
Luis Bueno failed to appear for a December 27 meeting with the detective at the library, and the file shows no later interview.
“the detective shows up to the library, waits for an hour and fifteen minutes, and Luis never shows.”
2018
In 2018 Gilbert Police Sergeant Mark Marino publicly hinted at the possibility of foul play in Alyssa's death.
“In 2018, Gilbert Police Sergeant Mark Marino was at least willing to hint at the possibility of foul play publicly”
2019
In 2019 Gilbert PD released a highly redacted version of Alyssa's investigative file for the first time.
“Even in 2019, when Gilbert PD got a new legal advisor and finally decided to release a highly redacted version of Alyssa's investigative file for the first time.”
2020
In 2020, Gilbert PD sent a sample of Alyssa's liver tissue, collected in 2016, to a private lab for an expanded postmortem forensic examination.
“And they sent a sample of Alyssa's liver tissue, collected in 2016, to a private lab for expanded postmortem forensic examination.”
2022
A 2022 entry in the police file says the case was under a formal FBI cold case review, though Gilbert PD later told the show it was never sent to the FBI.
“in 2022, the case was documented as being under a formal FBI cold case review.”
Undated
The Arizona Attorney General's office said its review found that files in question were deleted because of an administrative error, and no criminal charges would be filed.
“They put out a statement saying that their review found that the files in question were deleted as a result of, what do you know, an administrative error.”
Undated
The Gilbert Police Department has an active investigation connected to Melanie and must send any case to Maricopa County prosecutors for charging.
“We know there's an active investigation in the Gilbert Police Department”
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