Rigoberto Alvarado
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of persons involved in his death.
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Rock Springs Sheriff seeks info in murder of 17-year old youth
$5,000 reward for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of persons involved in his death
by Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office
August 31, 2012
Murder investigation focused on four areas
(Rock Springs, Wyo. - August 31, 2012) Law enforcement officials in Rock Springs today (Friday, August 31) described the four areas of particular concentration in their investigation of the murder of 17-year-old Rigoberto Alvarado, whose body was found in a shallow grave outside Rock Springs on August 19 by a group exploring the long-abandoned remains of coal camps and coal mining operations.
Timeline
The case’s timeline - tracking Alvarado’s movements from 8:30 PM on the night of July 29, when he left his family’s home at the Imperial Apartments in Rock Springs - continues to be of prime importance, Sheriff County Sheriff Rich Haskell and Chief Mike Lowell of the Rock Springs Police Department said on Friday. Alvarado’s father, Rigoberto Alvarado, Sr., reported his son missing to the Rock Springs Police Department the next morning, July 30, when he did not return home.
Investigators report that they have advanced the timeline considerably, and have identified several people who were in Alvarado’s company that night.
Interviews 110-plus interviews have been conducted by city and county detectives since Alvarado’s disappearance. Polygraph examinations have come into play, and one individual who was scheduled for a polygraph failed to appear for an appointment.
Evidence
Detectives and crime scene technicians have collected hundreds of items of evidence in the case thus far, including DNA evidence, all of which has been submitted to the Wyoming State Crime Laboratory in Cheyenne for forensic examination and analysis.
Cause of Death
According to detectives, Alvarado suffered several types of violent injury, any one of which could have been the cause of death. The nature of those injuries is being withheld for the time being while the forensic examinations are ongoing.
Alvarado, whose family moved to Rock Springs from the Pomona, California, area, attended the Rock Springs High School. He was known as "Rigo" or "Junior" to his friends. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of persons involved in his death. Anyone who has such information is asked to contact either the Rock Springs Police Department at (307) 389-0264 or the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office at (307) 350-4010.
Calls will be handled with discretion. _________________________________________________
(Rock Springs, Wyoming - August 24, 2012) Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office Missing Rock Springs youth found murdered; reward offered
The body of a young man found near Rock Springs on Sunday afternoon [August 19, 2012] has been officially confirmed to be that of a missing Rock Springs youth, the victim of murder.
In a joint release, Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell, Rock Springs Police Chief Mike Lowell, and County Coroner Dale Majhanovich said the remains have been positively identified as those of Rigoberto Alvarado, Jr., 17, who was reported missing to the Rock Springs Police Department by his father on July 30.
Jackson said a group of people exploring the remains of long-abandoned coal camps and coal mining operations outside of Rock Springs came upon the body and notified authorities.
An autopsy was performed on August 21 in Loveland, Colorado, where Alvarado’s identity was confirmed and the manner of death determined to be homicide. Investigators said Alvarado sustained a range of injuries, but declined to describe them as the precise cause of death remains to be determined by ongoing forensic examination. The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office and the Rock Springs Police Department are conducting a joint investigation.
Alvarado’s disappearance has been the subject of intense investigation since the day of his disappearance. Lowell said Police Department detectives and uniformed patrol officers have been systematically following up leads and conducting ground searches that included deployment of a Sheriff’s Office bloodhound and County Search & Rescue tracking dogs.
Officials said the focus of the investigation at this stage is on tracking Alvarado’s movements, particularly on July 29, when he left the family’s apartment in west Rock Springs at about 8:30 PM. He did not return home that night, and his father contacted the Police Department the next day.
A reward of $5,000 is being offered for information resulting in the arrest and conviction of persons involved in Alvarado’s death. Anyone who has such information is asked to contact either the Rock Springs Police Department at (307) 389-0264 or the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office at (307) 350-4010.
Calls will be handled with discretion.
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