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Jeanette Gomez Espeleta, 20, was last seen on July 17, 1998, after leaving her job at a Bank of America branch in Fullerton, California. Eight months pregnant and preparing to move back in with family in Moreno Valley, she vanished after her shift and did not contact friends or relatives, which they say was out of character.

Authorities later treated her disappearance as an abduction and homicide. Jeanette’s car was reportedly found burned near Rosarito Beach in Mexico, and investigators believed her body had been wrapped in chains or rope and dumped in the ocean near Long Beach. Her former boyfriend, Richard Tovar, was arrested and charged in connection with her death; investigators alleged two accomplices were involved and that the killing was related to avoiding child support.

Her remains have never been recovered. Did anyone in Fullerton, Moreno Valley, or Long Beach remember seeing Jeanette or her car in July 1998?