Emotions are always on high alert when a loved one is reported missing. In a cases of a missing person, whose relationship with the last individual to see them includes violence, you have, in my opinion, an "intimate partner homicide missing persons case."
The case in question is that of Danielle Hill Alvarado, 28 years of age, from Wichita Falls, Texas. She vanished from her home on January 24, 2010, waving goodbye to her mother after being summoned back home up the block by her husband, Johnathan. While Danielle was at a baby shower, Alvarado sent approximately 22 text messages and they were not very loving nor friendly, but red flag threatening.
Immediately after Danielle vanished, Johnathan Alvarado gets on a bus and flees the state.
On Tuesday's Crime Wire show we learned important information as to the events of the day Danielle, also the mother of young child, vanished. With us for the hour included her mother Balynnda Dillard.
We learned that the estranged husband has a prior record of violence and was on probation at the time of Danielle's disappearance. The husband is, in my opinion, a serial offender having been arrested since his wife went missing along with individuals with whom he was involved.
Jonathan's 1st first wife, discloses the manner in which Danielle is killed, with the exact same detailed accounts repeated by Johnathan's employer and landlord, as to how Danielle she lost her life. With this information provided to both the Wichita Falls police detectives and the prosecutors office, they do nothing. We go into greater detail in the broadcast.
Does the landlord and employer (one in the same) implicate themselves in this crime?
Why didn't police go in and search the residence?
Why wasn't the parole agent contacted?
Why has the prosecutors office slammed the door shut, on the case?
This case is disturbing because in doing nothing, as it relates to Danielle's case, they are informing the world that victims of intimate partner violence and homicide who "suddenly" vanish have no significance. The cases are moved to the unimportant and invisible box and left in a cold steel metal drawer.
We have announced a plea with a time expiration of September 20, 2011 to the following individuals who I strongly suggest listen to the entire broadcast:
The landlord and employer
The first ex-wife
This is first in a series of various public efforts to have Danielle's case properly investigated. She was a victim of intimate partner violence and it makes you see firsthand how numerous districts within the State of Texas are ill-equipped to handle criminal patterns of conduct and basic 101 investigations.
Interesting that everyone who ran for public office in Texas used the " I am committed to effectively prosecuting domestic violence crimes."
DANIELLE SHERRE ALVARADO Missing Since: January 24, 2010at 5:00PM Age: 28 Missing From: Polk Street Sex: female Height: 5 ft. Weight: 98 lbs. Eye Color: Hazel Hair Color: brown Race: white Complexion: olive Birth Date: July 6, 1982
Please call theWichita Falls Police Departmentat940-761-7792if you have any information aboutDANIELLE SHERRE ALVARADO- Case number: 10-020099
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Answers are few when a young mother simply vanishes without a trace. And that is exactly what happened to Danielle Hill Alvarado Hill on January 24, 2010. This is another young woman having difficulties in her marriage who would never leave behind her 5 year-old daughter.
What we do know is that following church service she went with her mother to a baby shower. From there she went straight home. The last known person to have seen her was Johnathan, her husband. He is not a suspect nor a person of interest. My question is should he be?
Just 2 months before she vanished Johnathan was arrested for aggravated assault against Danielle, in November of 2009.
According to her mother her daughter was afraid to return home after the baby shower they attended together. Her husband was furious because she went to the function after he told her she could not go. Her mother begged her not to go back home but her daughter said if she did not her punishment would be far worse.
The circumstances surrounding her vanishing is not enough at this stage to make an arrest, but it clearly is enough to do a proper investigation on this case.
Has the Wichita Falls invited the husband to take a poly graph? If not, why not?
Has the marital residence been searched by law enforcement and cadaver dogs?
If not, why not rule out that out as a possible crime scene? After all she was last seen going into her home.
"Wichita Falls Police say they are treating this as a missing person case and are continuing to work on leads." I mean no disrespect to law enforcement when I say, perhaps that is the problem and to consider working the case as an intimate partner homicide.
If you have any information on this case, you can call the Wichita Falls Police Department at (940) 761- 7792.
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Susan is the author of "Time's Up A Guide on How to Leave and Survive Abusive and Stalking Relationships," available for purchase at the Institute, Amazon.com and wherever books are sold. Susan is the host of The Susan Murphy Milano Show, "Time's Up!" on Here Women Talk http://www.herewomentalk.com/ and is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated The Roth Show with Dr Laurie Roth. Susan is a survivor- the daughter of a police officer family intimate partner homicide by her father who murdered her mother before committing suicide.