PLEASE forward this info to ANYONE currently in BAJA.


I was informed by the US consulate in Tijuana Sunday night that my 73 year old father, Lloyd Duane Curtis, had been murdered. He was stabbed three times, his lung punctured, and he drowned in his own blood. All this to steal his Jeep, a crappy portable DVD/TV, and a portable battery charger/jumper box. This happened sometime between Thursday and Saturday (9th-11th) of last week at Playa Armenta, south of Mulege. Someone discovered his body on Sunday and then the police remembered seeing the Jeep on Friday(?) in Custiad Constitution. The police have no suspects and the detective's investigation seems motivated by a desire to buy the Jeep from us. Naturally I am horrified by all this and their incompetence in general. They told me that an American citizen, Jim (or John?) Perry left a message on the US consulate hotline on Thursday or Friday reporting a lone trailer sitting on the beach and asked if the local police would investigate it. The police didn't so until Saturday after another American couple reported the death. My family and I are of the opinion that the police are lying about the time of death to hide their incompetence. The medical examiner told us "off the record" that the police were not telling the truth about this and that it most likely occurred 24hrs before the police were saying. When we arrived to claim the body and fill out paperwork the Santa Rosalia DA was "fishing" so we waited a few hours for him. And then he was most concerned about showing us that he was the bigshot in town and nothing happened without his ok. He even started talking back to me in Spanish after I questioned why it took them so long to find my father and that it appeared he had been dead for longer than they were saying. Their "investigation" consists of about 10 pictures and a coroner's report. And it seems like they feel that they won't find the killer so why even bother.

SO...

PLEASE look for this Jeep!!!

It is a WHITE 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 4.7L V8, with tan leather and a sunroof.
The windows are slighty tinted (from the factory). It may be the Laredo model?
California License Plate # 5NRK326

It has a black roof rack that is easily visible and a large dent on the rear liftgate.
The radiator core support is also bent and you can see where it was cut off and welded back on.
It has also Bilstein shocks and a Rancho Steering Stabilizer.

If you see this Jeep please contact the local authorities.
Or call the Santa Rosalia DA Sergio Villareal (011 - 52) 615 - 153 - 0804
Or the U.S. Consulate's office in Tijuana (011 - 52) 664 - 622 - 7439

If you have other information and would like to contact me I can be reached at
951 - 587 - 3842
619 - 933 - 1396 cellphone
gtx510@gmail.com gtx510 @ gmail.com

We`ll be allert, if I see some jeep like that, I'll check it.

I am extremely sorry for your loss, you can be sure that we will all be on the look out for the Cherokee. Although we don’t know each other, I send my deepest condolences to you and the rest of your family.

saludos
Mike.

So Sorry about this.

My recomendation is not sales the Jeep.


We arent living near this area. Any way, we are goint to be allert. If you need some suport in Tijuana - Tecate - Mexicali - Rosarito areas please contact with us.

My condolences to you and the rest of your family.
We will be very alert for it, if we see some Jeep like this

QUE TRISTE NOTICIA .

SUGIERO UNA TRADUCCION A ESPAÑOL PARA ENVIARLA A LOS FOROS Y PAGINAS DE JEEPEROS DE B.C.S.

GTX510, my deapest condolences to you and your family for your loss.. I would suggest you also post this or something similar on a couple of other sites that may assist in this search. With the running of the baja 1000 this weekend posting on a couple of sites like http://www.race-dezert.com , http://www.dezertrangers.com, http://www.dirtnewz.com might reach a wider audience and might bring some results....

again, my deapest condolences and best wishes for you and yours and the best of luck in having this resolved for some closure...


Forced Overtime...

Good morning, sorry for the terrible loss.

I live in the Tacate area and will definitely keep my eyes and ears open for any information regarding this matter, i'm sure anything we can do to provide some closure will help you cope a little better with this tragic event.

Best wishes.

Yomo

if theres anything i or we can do for you,
we will be more then happy to help you out in this moments


Best wishes to your family

and yes we will keep our eyes open for anythings. thats the least we can do


Sincerly Carlos

A pre-runner sent me this link to a pic of my dad. I can't look at it without breaking down.
I don't know what day it was taken but I'm trying to find out. The site says it was uploaded on the 8th.
It's taken from the 1 looking down on Playa Armenta.
You can clearly see the roof rack on the Jeep and you can barely make out the dent to the left of the license plate.

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id ... 4366666018

PLEASE forward this to as many forums and people as you can think of. I got in touch with SCORE's attorney down in La Paz so hopefully he is spreading the word. But he didn't seem too concerned after he found out my father was not on a race team. And he didn't seem to care that someone could have killed my father and then gone to watch the race. Or at least be in the same area. I'm sure it's out on the dirt roads.

By the way, I talked to a local pilot while we were down there, there's also a downed plane. I think in the Loreto/Mulege area. Went down on Sunday. Sounded like a smaller, private plane. Keep an eye out for that too.


Mi padre fue asesinado al sur de Mulegé.

Fui informado la noche del domingo por el Consulado en Tijuana, que mi padre, Lloyd Duanne Curtis, de 73 años, ha sido asesinado. Fue acuchillado tres veces, lo que causó que su pulmón fuera perforado, muriendo ahogado por su propia sangre; el último estertor fue tan grande que quebró tres de sus costillas. Todo esto fue por robarle su auto Jeep, una destartalada TV/DVD y un cargador recargable de batería portátil. Esto sucedió probablemente entre el jueves y el viernes (9 y 11 de noviembre) de la semana pasada en Playa Armenta, al sur de Mulegé. Una pareja norteamericana descubrió su cuerpo el domingo y la policía reportó haber visto el auto Jeep el viernes en Ciudad Constitución. La policía no tiene sospechosos del crimen y la investigación de los detectives parece más bien motivada para comprarnos el auto. Naturalmente estoy horrorizado por todo esto y por su incompetencia en general. Ellos me dijeron que un ciudadano norteamericano, Jim (o John) Perry dejó un mensaje en la línea telefónica de emergencias del Consulado Norteamericano el jueves o viernes, reportando un remolque solitario estacionado en la playa, y solicitando que la policía local investigara el asunto. La policía no lo hizo sino hasta el domingo, después que la otra pareja norteamericana reportara la muerte. Mi familia y yo opinamos que la policía está mintiendo acerca de la fecha real de la muerte, todo para ocultar su incompetencia. El médico forense nos informó "extraoficialmente" que la policía no estaba diciendo la verdad acerca de la situación y que seguramente todo ocurrió 24 horas antes de lo que dice el informe de la policía. Cuando llegamos a reclamar el cuerpo y completar toda la documentación requerida, el Ministerio Público de Santa Rosalía andaba "de pesca", así que tuvimos que esperar unas horas hasta que llegara. Además, parecía más preocupado por demostrarnos que él era el personaje más importante de la ciudad y que nada se hacía sin su consentimiento. Incluso llegó a contestarme en español luego que le cuestioné por qué les llevó tanto tiempo encontrar a mi padre y que parecía que él había estado muerto por tiempo de lo que decía el reporte policial. Su "investigación" sólo consiste en cerca de 10 fotografías tomadas y el reporte del forense. Todo parece indicar que ellos no tienen la menor esperanza de encontrar al asesino, así que para qué tomarse la molestia.

Así que, por favor ayúdenos a encontrar este auto Jeep...!

Es una Jeep Grand Cherokee Modelo 2000 blanca, 4x4 4.7lt en V8, con tapicería de cuero color beige y quemacocos. Los vidrios están ligeramente oscurecidos (de fábrica). No estoy seguro si es el modelo Laredo. Las placas son de California con No. 5NRK826. Tiene una parrilla en el techo de color negra y un golpe muy visible en la carrocería de la puerta levadiza trasera. El soporte del radiador está también golpeado y se puede ver fácilmente dónde fue cortado y soldado de nuevo. Trae amortiguadores Bilstein y un Estabilizador de Manejo marca Rancho.

Si ven este auto Jeep, por favor contacten a las autoridades locales y repórtenlo, o llamen al Ministerio Público de Santa Rosalía, Sergio Villarreal, al 01 615 153 0804 desde México, ó 01152 615 153 0804 desde los Estados Unidos. También pueden contactar al Consulado Norteamericano en Tijuana al 01 664 622 7439 ó 01152 664 622 7439 desde los Estados Unidos.

Si tienen cualquier otra información y les gustaría contactarnos, me pueden localizar en el tel. 951 587 3842 ó 619 933 1396 (Celular) en los EU o al correo electrónico: gtx510@gmail.com

good morning :

I'm sorry to hear about this happening to your dad.

I have family in Santa Rosaliita and Guerrero Negro I will contact them to tell them to be ware off the white cherokee


Jose Hernandez

I just received this in an email.

"My wife and I were traveling to our home in Southern Baja and remember
seeing a Jeep of this description after leaving Loreto at 8:00 a.m. the
morning of the 10th. It was somewhere along the straight stretch of road
before you reach the intersection where the highway splits between Ciudad
Insurgentes and Ciudad Constitucion. The Jeep we saw was a Limited and
matches the color description. We may have seen some of the occupants but
not positive if it was this vehicle or a for sure. But we think (again
think) there may have 4 to 5 people in the car with a young hispanic girl of
late teens or early twenty's sitting in the back seat and also possibly a
young child too. I did not get a look at the front seat passengers but made
a comment to my wife that it looked like they had the whole family in the
vehicle. The young women in the back seat turned around and looked at us a
couple times before they pulled off the road letting us by. I do remember
that the girl did turn around and look at us through a tinted rear window of
the same shape as a Jeeps would be and this is what makes me think these
people may be associated to the vehicle that matches the description that we
saw. We hope for your families sake that these people are apprehended for
this crime."


And another.
"Hola! No sé si te sirva decirte esto, pero donde por lo regular siempre aparecen los carros robados son en puerto san carlos y pto adolfo lopez mateos, b.c.s., pero por lo regular los pintan y les arreglan los detalles por los cuales lo pudieran reconocer. Suerte! ojalá y den con lo tipos que robaron y asesinaron al extranjero."


Google translation.
"Hello! I do not know if it serves decirte this to you, but where by always regulating they appear the robbed cars are in port san Carlos and pto Adolph the mateos Lopez, b.c.s., but by regulating paints them and they fix the details to them by which they could recognize it. Luck! hopefully and they give with the types that robbed and assassinated the foreigner."


Can some PLEASE ask the groceries store in Constitution and Insurgentes if they know anything?!?!
I'm guessing they would have stocked up on food with my father's gas money and then headed out on the dirt roads.

[/quote] So sorry to hear this loss , but have you filed a report to the CHP ( Policia Federal de Caminos ) here in Mexico ?