Crime

The first thing you notice when you are in the eye-in-the-sky at one of Gilroy’s busiest department stores are the shoes people are wearing when they walk in.

Two renowned experts who have spent their entire careers profiling violent, shady criminals and analyzing human behavior say that Sierra LaMar’s likely kidnapper – or kidnappers – probably stalked the missing teen before grabbing her from the street outside her home, and that the victim’s personality is likely the polar opposite of her captor’s - an attribute that could end up saving her life. 

Sierra LaMar is still missing, authorities are still searching for her or any evidence that might lead to her, and the county crime lab is still processing what little evidence has been found so far in relation to her disappearance.

The family of John Patrick Bedell plans to hold a private

The Gilroy Police Department responded to a variety of crimes this week, including a Christmas day murder, driving infractions, corporal injury and grand theft. Arrests were recorded in this week's GPD blotter from Dec. 12 to Dec. 26.

A thief or thieves stole two pugs named Daisy and Peanut from

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