| Location | Tracy, Ca |
| Age | 8 years |
| Cause of Death | Murder |
| Date of Birth | 08/03/2001 |
| Date of Death | 27/03/2009 |
| Visitors | 4,571 since 09/04/2009 |
| Creator |
ARREST MADE IN CANTU MURDER
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A public memorial for Sandra Cantu will be held on Thursday, April 16th at West High School at 1PM,
located at 1775 West Lowell Avenue. Parking is limited; the public is encouraged to carpool.
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Sandra Cantu is the happy-go-lucky 8-year-old that skipped passed the mobile home in which she lived
with her mother on March 27, 2009. She looked as if she didn't have a care in the world ~ she was
just being herself, a kid.
To think that this would be the last time Sandra was seen alive, is both heart wrenching and
shocking. I can't believe that someone would not only rob this child of her innocent spirit, that
gleamed as skipped by with the sunshine casting down on her, but took the life from her as well.
To say this case infuriates me beyond belief, would be an understatement.
This site is to celebrate Sandra's life, so I'll refrain from discussing the momster that stole that
away from her.
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Asked what people should learn from the fact that a woman is suspected in the slaying, he said, "You
have to be 100 percent aware of who your children are talking to."
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Somewhere Out There
written by James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight
Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there
And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true
And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true
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Key events in the case
March 27
Sandra Cantu is seen via surveillance video at 4 p.m. skipping toward her home in the Orchard
Estates Mobile Home Park on West Clover Road in North Tracy. She's then seen walking away in another
direction. Sandra's mother, Maria Chavez, reports Sandra missing about 8 p.m.
March 28
Police announce Sandra's disappearance as a missing persons case. They say there is no evidence she
was kidnapped or harmed, but a search begins.
MARCH 29
Hundreds of volunteers and dozens of law enforcement officers comb the area all day, going
door-to-door and using divers, dogs, helicopters, horses and all-terrain vehicles. Cars coming in
and out of the mobile home park are searched; fliers are posted all over the Bay Area.
MARCH 30
Police begin holding twice-daily news conferences to update the public. The case becomes a national
news story. The Tracy school district sends a letter home to worried parents.
MARCH 31
Police serve search warrants on several residences in the mobile home park and impound vehicles to
search for evidence.
APRIL 1
Police and volunteers begin combing through trash at Tracy dump. Police have received 500 tips about
the case.
APRIL 2
Searchers spend most of the day on the Delta, and police say they think they're getting closer to
solving the case.
APRIL 4
Sandra has been missing for a week. Another all-day, full-scale search takes place beginning at
daylight.
MONDAY
San Joaquin sheriff's dispatchers receive a call around 10 a.m. from someone reporting that a
suspicious item has been found in an agricultural pond at a dairy farm on Whitehall Road.
Investigators and media swarm to the site, where a large black rolling suitcase is found.
About 7:30 p.m., police confirm that they believe a body found inside the suitcase is Sandra's,
based on the description of the clothes she was wearing when she disappeared.
Dental records later confirm the identity, and the Cantu family is notified.
A short time later, three ambulances respond to the mobile home park. It's believed that two female
patients are transported. It's later reported that one of them was Melissa Huckaby, who later told
reporters she experienced internal bleeding. Police are stationed at the hospital.
Nearly 100 community members gather at night for a candlelight vigil, where they cry, pray and mourn
the little girl's death.
Police and FBI serve additional search warrants at 10 p.m. at the mobile home park and at the Clover
Road Baptist Church, which is roped off with yellow crime scene tape.
TUESDAY
An autopsy is performed on Sandra about 9 a.m. but no cause of death is released. The number of tips
received grows to 1,000. A reward fund grows to $26,000.
WEDNESDAY
Sandra's family speaks out for the first time since her body was found, calling the killer a
"monster."
FRIDAY
Media outlets report that Huckaby says a black suitcase had been stolen from her driveway the same
day Sandra disappeared. Huckaby makes conflicting statements on whether she told police about the
missing suitcase. Police say no one reported a stolen suitcase from the park at that time.
At the request of Tracy police, Huckaby drives herself to the police station for further
questioning. She is arrested just before midnight on suspicion of kidnapping and killing Sandra.
SATURDAY
The police interview with Huckaby lasts until about 1:30 a.m. She is booked into San Joaquin County
jail, where she is being held without bail.
Police hold a 10 a.m. news conference announcing arrest.
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What kind of place would heaven be with all its streets of gold, if all the souls, that dwell up there like yours and mine, were old? How strange would heaven’s music sound when harps begin to ring, if children were not gathered ‘round to help the angels sing. The children that God sends to us are only just a loan, He knows we need their sunshine to make the house a home. We need the inspiration of a baby’s blessed smile. He doesn’t say they’ve come to stay, just lends them for a while. Sometimes it takes them years to do the work for which they come. Sometimes in just a month or two our Father calls them home. I like to think some souls up there bear not one sinful scar. I love to think of heaven as a place where children are.
SWEET DREAMS IN HEAVEN
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It's night time again...
Beautiful Angel above
So tonight I will send you lots of love
Cuddle up warm..
On this November night
We all love and miss you..
With all of our might
You sleep on the clouds..
All fluffy and white
I bet you look..
Such a beautiful sight
Just snuggle up..
All cosy with God above
And watch me light..
Your candle with love
copyright� Jackie Thomas 09/11/09.
Lay down my child
Close your eyes one more time
Let the night take you softly into sleep
Sure as the moon shining on your sweet face
Be rest assured you will be safe
In this place
The sweetest gift
God has given me
Graced with the tiniest beauty
These eyes have seen
Soft as the song of a winter wind
Sheltered by love
A love that will never end
Life so often a mystery
And each of us seeking a clue
To an answer I never thought I’d find
When I lost you
But in your time with me
Somehow you taught me to see
Just as in life
Even in death
You always will be here with me
So lay down my child
Close your eyes one more time
Let the night take you softly into sleep
And on to your maker you will fly
Low as the angels sing you a lullaby
..SWEET DREAMS..
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GOD BLESS LITTLE ONE
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NIGHT NIGHT AND GOD BLESS SWEETHEART,SLEEP SAFELY WITH THE ANGELS.xxx
GOD BLESS YOU ANGEL ** ~~ ** ~~ **
♥ I am the wind in your hair, with you everywhere
I am the stars in the sky and the sun up high ♥
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♥ I am the waves in the ocean, with your every emotion
I am the snow on the ground, I am all around ♥
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♥ I am the flowers in the meadow, wherever you go
I am the moon at night, please know I'm alright ♥
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♥ I am the bird's sweet song, I am not gone
I am the blossom on a tree, you'll never forget me ♥
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♥ I am the rain on your face, a rainbow's embrace
I am the leaves on the ground, I'll always be around ♥
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♥ I am the fluffy white clouds, innocent and pure
Look all around you, you'll feel me I'm sure ♥
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♥ I am that warm loving feeling, deep in your heart
My memories live on, we'll never be apart ♥
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♥ I am all around you, in all that you see, hear and do
Just reach right out now, I am always here with you ♥
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DANCING IN HEAVEN.
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The angels are dancing
In the starlight tonight
Lighting the stars
With candles so bright.
Smiling as they dance
Through the heaven above
Caressing the star tip
With satin laced gloves.
The stars twinkle brightly
To let the angels know
No matter where they dance
The starlight will glow.
Waltzing in time to
The harps lovely tune
Winking to the smile
On the face of the moon.
Open your eyes
Stare at the heaven above
Imagine the angels
Dancing with love.
If you look even closer
I am sure you will see
Grandma and grandpa
Angels swaying so free.
Angels so radiant
They light up the sky
Dancing to the choir singing
The sweet by & by.
Angels sway softly
In robes spun out of gold
Spreading star dust
As they dance on their toes.
Slippers of silk on their
Little feet as they leap
Dancing on the star tips
Looking so sweet.
Next time you look
At the stars twinkling so bright,
Imagine the angels
Dancing in the moonlight.
GOD BLESS YOU SANDRA,MAY YOU ALWAYS BE DANCING IN HEAVEN.xxx
Author unknown.
Precious Child
by Karen Taylor Good
In my dreams, you are alive and well
Precious child, precious child
In my mind, I see you clear as a bell
Precious child, precious child
In my soul, there is a hole
That can never be filled
But in my heart, there is hope
'Cause you are with me still
In my heart, you live on
Always there never gone
Precious child, you left too soon
Tho' it may be true that we're apart
You will live forever... in my heart
In my plans, I was the first to leave
Precious child, precious child
But in this world, I was left here to grieve
Precious child, my precious child
In my soul, there is a hole
That can never be filled
But in my heart there is hope
And you are with me still
In my heart you live on
Always there, never gone
Precious child, you left too soon,
Tho' it may be true that we're apart
You will live forever... in my heart
God knows I want to hold you,
See you, touch you
And maybe there's a heaven
And someday I will again
Please know you are not forgotten until then
In my heart you live on
Always there never gone
Precious child, you left too soon
Tho' it may be true that we're apart
You will live forever... in my heart
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