Obituary:Catalina R. Torres

Catalina R. Torres Resident of Martinez Catalina Ruvalcaba Torres born in Yahualica, Jalisco, Mexico and raised in Martinez, California, passed on Saturday September 6, 2008 at the age of 44. Catalina was a powerful woman and an exceptional role model for her family, friends and community. Catalina was a graduate of Alhambra High School, a certified cosmetologist and an alumnus of Saint Mary's College in Moraga where she majored in Women's Studies. As a former student of Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, she returned as a math instructor and tutor for over ten years. She worked part time as a cosmetologist as well. Catalina was also a teacher for a high school program, "Go Get it" (GGI), in Concord where she tutored various subjects. She volunteered for "STAND!" also in Concord serving as an advocate for battered women. Catalina leaves behind a legacy of advocacy of helping those most in need. She made a positive impact in the East Bay Community especially for women and students. She will always be remembered as an advocate for families, education, service, peace, and love. Catalina lovingly referred to as "Cata" is survived by her two sons Nicolas Carmona (age 22) and Rafael Carmona (age 24), daughter-in-law Veronica, grandson Andrew; Mother Rafaela Ruvalcaba Torres, Father Eustacio Torres, younger siblings: Guillermo, Silvia, Eustacio Jr., Patricia and Noe; and an extended family. All who knew and loved Catalina are invited to Saint Catherine's Catholic Church on the corner of Estudillo & Mellus St. in Martinez, to a time of visitation, Thursday, September 11 beginning at 4:00 pm. A memorial mass will follow on Friday, September 12 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to DVC Foundation - Catalina Torres Scholarship or call (925)685-1405. Holy Angels Funeral & Cremation Center, San Pablo (510) 234 - 2012 Published in Contra Costa Times on Sept. 11, 20

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Arson Murder - Magalia / Paradise CA
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<p>Catalina R. Torres Resident of Martinez Catalina Ruvalcaba Torres born in Yahualica, Jalisco, Mexico and raised in Martinez, California, passed on Saturday September 6, 2008 at the age of 44. Catalina was a powerful woman and an exceptional role model for her family, friends and community. Catalina was a graduate of Alhambra High School, a certified cosmetologist and an alumnus of Saint Mary's College in Moraga where she majored in Women's Studies. As a former student of Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, she returned as a math instructor and tutor for over ten years. She worked part time as a cosmetologist as well. Catalina was also a teacher for a high school program, "Go Get it" (GGI), in Concord where she tutored various subjects. She volunteered for "STAND!" also in Concord serving as an advocate for battered women. Catalina leaves behind a legacy of advocacy of helping those most in need. She made a positive impact in the East Bay Community especially for women and students. She will always be remembered as an advocate for families, education, service, peace, and love. Catalina lovingly referred to as "Cata" is survived by her two sons Nicolas Carmona (age 22) and Rafael Carmona (age 24), daughter-in-law Veronica, grandson Andrew; Mother Rafaela Ruvalcaba Torres, Father Eustacio Torres, younger siblings: Guillermo, Silvia, Eustacio Jr., Patricia and Noe; and an extended family. All who knew and loved Catalina are invited to Saint Catherine's Catholic Church on the corner of Estudillo & Mellus St. in Martinez, to a time of visitation, Thursday, September 11 beginning at 4:00 pm. A memorial mass will follow on Friday, September 12 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to DVC Foundation - Catalina Torres Scholarship or call (925)685-1405. Holy Angels Funeral & Cremation Center, San Pablo (510) 234 - 2012
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Catalina R. Torres Resident of Martinez Catalina Ruvalcaba Torres born in Yahualica, Jalisco, Mexico and raised in Martinez, California, passed on Saturday September 6, 2008 at the age of 44. Catalina was a powerful woman and an exceptional role model for her family, friends and community. Catalina was a graduate of Alhambra High School, a certified cosmetologist and an alumnus of Saint Mary's College in Moraga where she majored in Women's Studies. As a former student of Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, she returned as a math instructor and tutor for over ten years. She worked part time as a cosmetologist as well. Catalina was also a teacher for a high school program, "Go Get it" (GGI), in Concord where she tutored various subjects. She volunteered for "STAND!" also in Concord serving as an advocate for battered women. Catalina leaves behind a legacy of advocacy of helping those most in need. She made a positive impact in the East Bay Community especially for women and students. She will always be remembered as an advocate for families, education, service, peace, and love. Catalina lovingly referred to as "Cata" is survived by her two sons Nicolas Carmona (age 22) and Rafael Carmona (age 24), daughter-in-law Veronica, grandson Andrew; Mother Rafaela Ruvalcaba Torres, Father Eustacio Torres, younger siblings: Guillermo, Silvia, Eustacio Jr., Patricia and Noe; and an extended family. All who knew and loved Catalina are invited to Saint Catherine's Catholic Church on the corner of Estudillo & Mellus St. in Martinez, to a time of visitation, Thursday, September 11 beginning at 4:00 pm. A memorial mass will follow on Friday, September 12 at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to DVC Foundation - Catalina Torres Scholarship or call (925)685-1405. Holy Angels Funeral & Cremation Center, San Pablo (510) 234 - 2012

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Dickinson, Lisa Missing since Sept. 05, 1976

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 12/10/2013

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In 2004 my truck burst into flames on NB 680, Danville Inspector Gary Vinson Collins attacked me and nearly killed me, three months later the kinder-morgan fire incinerated five men when the inspection process failed so isn't a bit strange that Mr. Collins fell to his death after documents were handed to Chief Bryden and City Manager Ken Nordoff.  

Since that meeting I've learned of at least 10 more deaths- this has got to end.  

http://www.walnut-creek.org/citygov/depts/police/cold_case_investigations/default.asp

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/4537/0/

Case Information

Status	Missing
First name	Lisa
Middle name
Last name	Dickinson
Nickname/Alias
NCMEC number	1164024
Date last seen	September 05, 1976 11:14
Date entered	01/06/2010

Age last seen	9 to 9 years old
Age now	46 years old
Race	White
Ethnicity
Sex	Female
Height (inches)	58.0
Weight (pounds)	80.0

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John F. Kennedy School of Law Professor Lisa A. Trapani -0

John F. Kennedy School of Law

San Ramon CA: In 2011 I was homeless after losing my offices in Pleasant Hill CA at 1932a Oak Park Blvd where several Walnut Creek Police Officers hung out and where Randall Wanser who lost his houses to Peter Branagh at 

 

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Bar Number:	187794
Address:	33356 Estero DrSan Ramon, CA 94583-3219 Map it	Phone Number:	(925) 999-8607
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County:	Contra Costa	Undergraduate School:	Boston Univ; Boston MA
District:	District 1
Sections:	None	Law School:	John F Kennedy Univ SOL; Orinda CA

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4/9/1997	Admitted to The State Bar of California

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	Census Tract: 3451.02/North of Boone Acres Park *Alone or in combination Source: U.S. Census

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Upset over impending divorce, man kills 2 children, then self 'All-American dream family' destroyed

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 06/13/2013

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Butler 101 -
Butler fired in 1999 after high speed chase 
Wielsch moved CAL DOJ 1993 
and Wielsch left APD after this event 
I met these jackasses in the 1980's strongly suspect they've committed a lot than just fucking over divorcees.  

This for all Pittsburg Cops that moved over the CCSO and other agencies - I've kept track of every case leading back 30 years.  No expected the internet to have so much information.  

 

Upset over impending divorce, man kills 2 children, then self 'All-American dream family' destroyed

July 12, 1993|By San Francisco Chronicle

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- A despairing man, so distraught about his impending divorce that he threatened six weeks ago to kill his two children, shot them to death yesterday and then turned the gun on himself, destroying, with three bullets, the "all-American dream family."

After hearing those shots shortly after 1 p.m., police broke into the master bedroom of the house at 4745 Hunter Peak Court and found the body of Joel Dennis Souza, 35, of Antioch.

They also found fatally wounded 8-year-old Nicholas and 5-year-old Cherie. The children were taken to a hospital; they were pronounced dead when they arrived.

Only hours before, the children had appeared briefly at a window in the front of the house and had shouted down at the sea of police and neighbors below, "Mom! Mom!"

The only family member left alive was Jennifer Souza, 29. She had been kidnapped by her husband early yesterday morning, according to her close friend and business colleague, Terry Lyons, but managed to escape.

It was the end of a nine-hour standoff on a bright and otherwise calm morning in the new housing developments that stud the hot, dry hills south of Antioch's downtown.

And to many of the professionals and managers who live in this area of $300,000 houses, it was the tragic end of something that almost nobody had seen coming until a couple of months ago.

"Until this divorce business came up, they were a caring, loving family, the all-American dream family," next-door neighbor Cleo Geremia said, as she walked her poodle past the police cars outside her house and talked about the children who frolicked in the next-door pool. "That boy, he was so precocious. What went wrong?"

What went wrong was that on May 24, Jennifer Souza told her husband that she wanted a divorce. A day later, apparently in horrible despair, Joel Souza took the children on a trip and left a note that his wife discovered the next day.

"Divorce equals death," Mr. Joel Souza had written. "So I'll take care of it now for all of us." Mrs. Souza discovered that her husband had taken his .32-caliber pistol and $7,000 in cash.

A statewide alert was put out, and Mr. Souza called his wife.

That time, Antioch police officer Bill McCoy, who is a family friend, managed to persuade his friend to surrender the gun and the children.

This time, police tried to find Mr. McCoy again, but he was out of town and could not be reached. Instead, the situation on Hunter Peak Court deteriorated slowly over a period of about 12 hours, ending in the double murder and suicide.

Mr. Lyons said he had spoken to Mr. Souza on Saturday.

"I asked him how things were going," Mr. Lyons said. "He said he knew he was wrong last May and he was just trying to hurt her, and that was the only way he could get back at her.

"After last May, I thought he had a handle on it. But I guess he didn't. I guess he thought this was the ultimate way to hurt her."

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Walnut Creek: Mother, daughter found dead in car in Sonoma

By PETE BENNETT - Contra Costa Watch EMAIL
Phone: 510-460-5641
Posted: 06/13/2013

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SONOMA COUNTY / Mother, daughter found dead in car / Pair were reported missing -- apparent murder-suicide

Peter Fimrite, Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writers

Published 4:00 am, Saturday, June 11, 2005

• Amber Alert � Missing At-Risk Mother and Daughter. The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office has issued a regional Amber Alert in the case a missing Walnut Creek (unincorporated) mother and daughter. The Sheriff's Office believes that both are at risk. The two were reported missing to the Sheriff's Office on June 9, 2005 by family members. Investigators have discovered that the possibly suicidal mother left a note to the family indicating that their "bodies" would be found. Detectives have reason to believe that the two were heading to the Mendocino area. Authorities in Mendocino County have been notified and are assisting in the search for the two. The mother is 39-year-old Mary Alicia Driscoll, 5'6�, 150 pounds, brown colored hair, blue eyes. The daughter is 5-year-old Jineva Belle Driscoll. (There is no clothing description on either of the two). The vehicle involved is a white Dodge Durango 2000 with California license plate of 4PGH849. Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of the two should immediately call the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office at (925) 646-2441 or the Sheriff's Office tip line at 1-866-846-3592. Courtesy of Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office Photo: Courtesy Of Contra Costa County

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A Walnut Creek woman and her 5-year-old daughter, missing for more than week, were found shot to death Friday afternoon in the back of their sport utility vehicle in rural Sonoma County.

The deaths of Mary Alicia Driscoll, 39, and Jineva Belle Driscoll, appeared to be a murder-suicide. Authorities had been looking for them since relatives received a letter from the single mother saying their bodies would be found.

Driscoll and her child were found lying down in a white Dodge Durango parked behind a wooden storage building at Ernie's Tin Bar, a country market on Lakeview Highway south of Petaluma. A gun was found near the bodies.

Relatives reported the mother and daughter missing on Thursday after receiving a letter mailed from the North Bay in which Mary Alicia Driscoll wrote about what was bothering her.

"What caused us concern," said Contra Costa Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee, "was that portion that said their bodies would be found." The letter said their bodies would be found in Navarro River Redwoods State Park in Mendocino County.

Sheriff's deputies said they do not believe anyone else was involved and are not seeking any suspect.

"We have no reason to believe anyone is outstanding," said Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff Roger Rude, "but we are not leaving any stones unturned."

After sheriff's officials read the mother's letter, Lee said, they asked the California Highway Patrol to issue a statewide Amber Alert but were told the case did not meet the agency's criteria. The CHP could not be reached for comment Friday evening.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department issued a bulletin on Thursday alerting other law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the Driscolls. Lee said authorities also contacted news media and entered the mother and daughter into the missing persons database. On Friday, they obtained an arrest warrant for Mary Alicia Driscoll for child endangerment.

Contra Costa Sheriff's Lt. Joe Gorton said there were two verified sightings of the pair in Fort Bragg on Wednesday and as late as 8 p.m. Thursday. The department sent a search team to Fort Bragg and to the state park but found nothing.

The bodies were found shortly after 2 p.m. Rude said nobody in the area of pastures and rolling green hills had reported hearing any gunshots.

In the semi-rural Walnut Creek neighborhood where the mother and daughter lived in a single-story yellow house on Norris Road, neighbors were stunned by the news. They described the mother, who went by her middle name of Alicia, as having been distraught and feeling overwhelmed lately.

Neighbors said she was a hardworking and helpful woman who owned her own sign company and doted over her daughter, building her a playhouse and filling the backyard with toys. She also worried about what her daughter watched on television -- limiting her to the Disney Channel -- and had enrolled her in Score!, a tutoring center, to help prepare her for kindergarten. They described Jineva as a spunky, outgoing little girl who ran freely about the neighborhood, bouncing from house to house, knocking on doors, playing with kids, greeting their pets, and popping in and out.

"She was just this happy little elf," said Don and Jeanne Elium, a couple who live down the street and write parenting books.

Paul Earl, 35, a next door neighbor, said Jineva often played with his daughters, who are 13, 7 and 5.

"The little girl knocked on my door morning, noon and night," he said. "I just had to tell my 7-year-old she not going to see her again. She was asking to play with Jineva today."

Earl's girlfriend, Jolie Ferguson, 34, said Mary Alicia Driscoll had seemed troubled in the past few weeks, sometimes driving fast and recklessly to and from her home. About two weeks ago, she said, the mother came over to talk to her, tears streaming down her face.

"She was saying she felt her family was taking her for granted and didn't make her feel like she was a good mother," Ferguson said.

Driscoll mentioned that she had recently bought a wooden play structure from Costco and couldn't get any of her family members to help her put it together. She eventually hired some day laborers to assist her.

"She said, 'I ask for one thing, and nobody would help me,' " Ferguson said. "She said she was going to divorce her family."

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Posted: 12/10/2013

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WCPD: Jason Amen Watts The forgotten shooting victim

 

 

 

 Jason Amen Watts


Published on June 13, 2001,  
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) 
CORONER'S INQUESTS A MIXED BAG

More than a few people were puzzled by a recent coroner's inquest ruling that it was accidental when a Walnut Creek police officer killed a Pittsburg man Feb. 13. 
After all, Officer David Wright testified during the May 29 hearing that he fired four bullets that killed 23-year-old Jason Amen Watts. 

Yet the nine-member panel ruled the shooting an accident rather than "at the hands of another." 

The ruling sheds light on an enduring quarrel between civil rights attorneys. . 

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fake-Credit-Card-Suspect-Draws-gun-Shot-Dead-by-2952175.php

Fake Credit Card Suspect Draws gun, Shot Dead by Police / 2nd person ever killed by Walnut Creek cops

Charlie Goodyear, Matthew Taylor, Chronicle Staff Writers

Published 4:00 am, Thursday, February 15, 2001

A police officer shot and killed an armed suspect at an electronics store in Walnut Creek after he refused to drop his gun, authorities said yesterday.  Jason Amen Watts, who, according to court records, had a prior conviction for theft and burglary in Walnut Creek in 1998.

Pete Bennett in Kasier Hospital
Walnut Creek CA Jan. 2015
Beaten again with
No Police Report
Yes that is C-collar 

Police identified the slain suspect as 23-year-old 

Officers responded shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a man using a fraudulent credit card at the Good Guys at 2044 Mt. Diablo Boulevard.

Customer Jeff Stimson was 10 feet away when he saw police confront Watts, then shout, "Don't move! Keep your hands out."

The officers repeated the commands several times before the shooting began, which Stimson heard but did not see.

"I first thought it was the TVs making a popping noise," Stimson said, adding he thought he heard a total of five shots.

"It was shocking," Stimson said. "It's too close to home."

Police were releasing few details of the shooting yesterday but Lt. Damien Sandoval confirmed that two veteran officers have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation by the department and the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office.

Sandoval said only one officer was believed to have fired at Watts after the suspect drew a gun and pointed it at police.

"We're not sure yet how many times," Sandoval said. "It was multiple shots. We don't know if there was an exchange of gunfire."

Asked whether the officers had told Watts to drop his weapon, Sandoval said,

"There were some orders shouted. There were orders shouted back and forth."

Watts was later pronounced dead at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.

Police have had prior contacts with Watts, whose last known address was in Pittsburg. A man who answered the telephone at Watts' family home said his relatives were not available for comment.

Investigators had trouble determining the identity of the suspect after finding several "conflicting" documents on his body. Watts was recognized by some officers and his name was eventually confirmed through fingerprints, Sandoval said.

In 1998, Watts pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery and petty theft. He was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, a $100 fine and three years probation. The state Department of Corrections has no records for Watts.

Detectives were also looking into another possible male suspect who was arrested outside the store for an outstanding warrant. Police would not say if that person was a suspected accomplice.

"There was another person contacted at the scene," Sandoval said. "They're trying to clear that up right now."

Yesterday's incident was only the second fatal shooting by Walnut Creek police. In December 1999, police killed a suspect near the Broadway Plaza Shopping Center after he fired at them.

Asked about how the officers responded Tuesday, Sandoval said, "They were confronted with the most extreme set of circumstances," adding he believed the officers acted appropriately.

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