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Murder Arrest After Missing Hemet Teen’s Leg Is Found in California Desert
DNA testing confirmed partial remains found near Salton City belong to missing 17-year-old T'Neya Tovar; suspect Feinbloom faces murder and resisting arrest charges.
- On Feb. 12, the Imperial County Sheriff's Office announced DNA matched remains to 17-year-old T'Neya Tovar, and Abraham Feinbloom was arrested and charged with murder, held without bail.
- Family members said T'Neya Tovar was last seen and reported missing on Dec. 1 after traveling more than 70 miles to Salton City to meet an adult male, with Feinbloom listed as a person of interest.
- The Imperial County Coroner's Unit and Scientific Investigations Unit used outside laboratories and local databases to confirm a female's remains after nearly seven weeks, despite decomposition.
- He faces an additional charge of resisting a peace officer after officers say Feinbloom jumped a fence to evade capture during an FBI and SWAT team search at his Salton City home.
- A multi-agency probe involving the FBI, Riverside County Sheriff's Office, Imperial County Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney continues, News Channel 3 is confirming Feinbloom's arraignment, and Charro Tovar said, `I already knew this all along.
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Los Angeles Times
DNyuzSouthern California man charged with murder of missing teen after remains found in Salton Sea area
Authorities found a leg, which, determined through DNA, was that of a teenager who went missing in the Salton City area. Prosecutors charged a 51-year-old Salton City man with murder.
San Bernardino Sun
Murder arrest after missing Hemet teen’s leg is found in California desert
A man who had been named by the family of a missing 17-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of murder after the teen’s leg was found in the California desert. Notice about T’Neya Tovar on the missing-persons website of California’s attorney general. The leg was discovered just before Christmas in the community of Salton City, and on Feb. 12 the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office announced that DNA testing had revealed it was that of T’Neya Tova…
Teen girl went missing after going to meet 51-year-old at boarded-up pink cinder-block home — police later found severed leg
The family of a 17-year-old whose severed leg was found weeks after she went missing are demanding to know why police didn't do more to find her.T'Neya Tovar's mother, Charro Tovar, filed a missing person report on Dec. 1 that said the girl had traveled to Palm Springs from the city of Hemet and stopped answering her phone.One neighbor said they referred to Feinbloom as 'the scary man in the scary house.' The mother and the girl's father later s…
Police release booking photo for suspect in T’Neya Tovar murder investigation
SALTON CITY, Calif. (KESQ) - The Imperial County Sheriff's Department released the booking photo for the man accused of the murder of a 17-year-old girl whose remains were found in Salton City. Abraham Feinbloom, 51, was arrested Friday at his home in Salton City in connection with the death and disappearance of T'Neya Tovar of Hemet. He is being held without bail. News Channel 3 is working to confirm when Feinbloom will be arraigned. He faces a…
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