'Person Of Interest' In Custody In Death Of Woman Missing From East Bay Party

HAYWARD, CA - Hayward police Chief Diane Urban said today that a person of interest in the case of a San Jose woman whose body was found on Saturday is in custody for an unrelated case but hasn’t yet been charged in her death.

Stacey Aguilar, 22, was last seen at about 11 p.m. on Feb. 13 at a party near the corner of Silva Avenue and Jackson Street in Hayward. Her family reported her missing three days later, police said.

On Friday, police said her disappearance had been reclassified from a missing person case to a homicide. Aguilar’s body was recovered in a rural area off of Morrison Canyon Road in Fremont at about noon Saturday.

Police will not release the name of the person of interest until he is charged, but Urban said “we’re very confident it’s the right person.”

She said, “The people in the community can sleep at night knowing there’s not a murderer on the loose.”

Urban said police believe Aguilar was killed in Hayward before her body was disposed of in Fremont.

She said the Alameda County coroner’s bureau has preliminarily classified Aguilar’s death as a homicide and found she suffered numerous gunshot wounds, although the official cause of death is still pending.

Previous coverage:

• JUST IN: Body Of Missing Woman Found
• MISSING: Woman, 22, Last Reported Seen At Saturday Night Party In Hayward
• Police Investigating Disappearance Of Woman, 22, As Homicide

--Bay City News