CA ANA BARBOSA: Missing from Bakersfield, CA - 6 May 2024 - Age 53

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KCSO searching for missing 53-year-old woman

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a 53-year-old woman who went missing May 6.
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KCSO searching for missing 53-year-old woman​

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a 53-year-old woman who went missing May 6.

Ana Barbosa was described as Hispanic, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a tan sweater, black leggings and black Nike shoes, according to KCSO. It did not say where Barbosa was last seen.


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Blood reportedly found in hallway in California missing woman case

Details are emerging in the case of a missing California woman, as authorities are asking the public's help in identifying a vehicle.
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Blood reportedly found in hallway in California missing woman case​

Details are emerging in the case of a missing Bakersfield woman, as authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying a vehicle.
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Ana Barbosa, 53, was last seen by family members on May 6. The following day, a late '90s white GMC pickup truck pulling a rusted trailer was captured on surveillance footage in the Lamont and Arvin areas of Kern County. The county sheriff's office is describing the truck as a "vehicle of interest."

Warrants filed by sheriff's investigators relating to the case and seen by KGET-TV allege that Barbosa saved money for two years to leave her husband and that money is now missing. The outlet also reported that she may have previously been the victim of domestic violence, and that blood was found by detectives in the hallway of the couple's home in southwest Bakersfield. An auto body shop run by the couple on Norris Road in Bakersfield was reportedly searched by detectives in May.

The Kern County Sheriff's Office told SFGATE on Thursday that they cannot share any further details on the case at this time. "It is an active and ongoing investigation," spokesperson Lori Meza said.

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ANA BARBOSA: Missing from Bakersfield, CA - 6 May 2024 - Age 53

Ana Barbosa, 53, was last seen by family members on May 6. The following day, a late '90s white GMC pickup truck pulling a rusted trailer was captured on surveillance footage in the Lamont and Arvin areas of Kern County. The county sheriff's...
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An older article but I hadn't seen it. It's now been over 5 weeks.

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EXCLUSIVE: Family's desperate search for missing mom after two weeks of silence

Almost two weeks have passed since 53-year-old Ana Barbosa was last seen in Oildale. At the time, her family came to our station with flyers in hopes of
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EXCLUSIVE: Family's desperate search for missing mom after two weeks of silence
Almost two weeks have passed since 53-year-old Ana Barbosa was last seen in Oildale.

With every passing day, they are more desperate to find her.

"She has a support system, she knows she can come to us. She knew she had a family to go to so that's what makes this situation scarier because it's been two weeks and there's no sign," said Ana Maria Leal, daughter of Barbosa.


The last time she spoke to her, Barbosa told her something unsettling.

"Last I heard she asked me for help, but she didn't specify what type of help she needed. I don't know if it was to be there for her, financially or...," said Laurel.

Laurel said no matter where her sister went she always kept someone in the loop of her whereabouts.

Her daughter told us although she spoke with her the day before she went missing, her mom's husband was with her the day she went missing.

"He was the last person with her and says they were arguing at his car shop and she took off through the back door," said Leal.

The car shop Leal is referencing is called Corner Shop Automotive Services, which is about seven minutes away from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

As days pass with no sign of her mom, she pleads for the community to keep an eye out for her.
 

by: Jose Franco
Posted: Jun 28, 2024 / 01:35 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 28, 2024 / 06:48 PM PDT

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A reward of up to $5,000 is now being offered for information that can help locate a Bakersfield woman who last seen or heard from in May.

Kern Secret Witness said it is offering the reward for any information on the whereabouts of Ana Barbosa.

Barbosa, 53, was last seen on May 6 in the Oildale area at around 2:15 p.m. She was reported missing to authorities on May 8 by family and is considered a “critical missing person.”

Barbosa was last seen wearing a tan sweater, black leggings and black Nike shoes.

The sheriff’s office released an image of a GMC pickup truck and surveillance video of it that may be connected to Barbosa’s disappearance. According to warrants obtained by 17 News, family members said Barbosa was previously the victim of domestic violence.

Anyone with information on Barbosa’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at 661-861-3110, Det. Pucilowski at 661-391-7601 or the Kern Secret Witness hotline at 661-322-4040.

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Never noticed this one before. Maybe I didn't go in as trying to not do new cases but not sure, don't even recall seeing the name.

First, that vehicle and trailer is hardly going to be hard for anyone to recognize so if it hasn't been found my guess would be it is hidden or garaged or out of the area, etc.

Next if she asked for help why didn't the person follow up and ask what kind of help and determine how she could help or if she could help her?

Next, family or someone knew she was saving money to leave him and that she was a DV victim and I'd ask why they didn't help her get away from him if she wanted to get away?

While one would suspect the hub, her stash of money is gone and one would think he would have no idea she had a stash of money... I guess he could have seen her adding to it or have found it but questionable imo. She also could have stupidly in an argument told him she was leaving and that she had been saving money to do so but also questionable.

She could have taken it and left him and covered her tracks but that also seems doubtful just because of the truck and the blood...

It would seem he likely killed her and she never left the auto shop, etc. However, not really enough here to know that. How did anyone know they were arguing that last day?

It seems someone knows a lot yet no one helped her to get away before? Why? Was she been on staying until she had a certain amount of cash or something? Like enough for an apartment, a home, to live on or what?

So in summary someone knows she is saving money to get away, where it is, that she is the victim of DV, one knows she asked for help recently but not what kind of help, and that they were arguing the last time she was seen... Oh and someone, she or someone else took the money...

So a whole lot is known by someone/s yet she remains missing. Do I have it right? Oh and no one helped her to leave this abusive man apparently even though they knew of the abuse.
 

Reward for information in disappearance of Bakersfield woman Ana Barbosa climbs to $10,000​

Reward money is now $10,000 for information in the disappearance of a Bakersfield woman who was last seen by family more than two months ago.

Kern Secret Witness said it is now offering $10,000 for information in the case of Ana Barbosa, 53, who went missing and was last seen in the Oildale area on May 6.
 

Search continues for Ana Barbosa, missing since May 2024​

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for Ana Barbosa, a 53-year-old woman who went missing in May of 2024.

Barbosa was reported missing on May 8, two days after no contact by her husband, Fabian Barbosa.

She was last seen on May 6 at the family owned automotive shop located in Oildale.

There are allegations surrounding her case of domestic violence. Barbosa’s family says she had been saving money for two years in plans to leave her marriage. Once investigating, her family found none of the money that was allegedly being saved.

The Kern Secret Witness Program is offering a $10,000 reward for information in her case.
 

54-year-old Ana Barbosa still missing after a year, daughter speaks out​

Tuesday, May 6, marked one year since Ana Barbosa’s loved ones last saw her.

Still no arrests, no updates and no Ana Barbosa.

17 News spoke with her daughter, Ana Maria Leal Ochoa, who’s gone from talking to her mom for hours at a time, to not hearing her voice for an entire year.

“We know our loved one. And we know she would never just abruptly cut ties with the entire family,” Leal told 17 News.

37-year-old Ana Maria Leal Ochoa just celebrated her namesake mother’s 54th birthday in April.

Her mother — Ana Barbosa — was not there.

“If she had any plans to hide or go away or she met someone, she would’ve mentioned it to me, and she never mentioned any of those things,” Leal said.

Barbosa has been missing since May of 2024 and was last seen at their family-owned automotive shop in Oildale. A month later in June, the sheriff’s office requested Barbosa’s husband, Fabian Barbosa, not be allowed to possess guns.

The status of that request is unclear.

According to warrants filed by sheriff’s investigators, there are allegations of domestic violence against Fabian Barbosa.

“She moved in with me for a while. Unfortunately, she wanted to go back. She wanted her marriage to work,” Leal recalled.

When asked if she supported her mother’s decision, Leal said with a shake of her head, “No. I told her not to leave. We all told her not to leave.”

Leal said she last saw her mom May 5 at a flea market.

Barbosa was with her husband.

“Had I known that was the last time I was going to see her in a while, I think that hug she gave me, I think I would’ve hugged her much tighter, much longer, because this is really unbelievable for me,” Leal said through tears.

Leal said the following day — the day she went missing — Ana Barbosa and Fabian had a big argument.

According to Fabian, Leal said, her mom then left through the back gate of their car shop.

“My mom doesn’t drive. She’d never be able to go on the freeway,” Leal pointed out.

Warrants show Fabian said he ordered an Uber for her, though she decided to order her own Uber instead. According to the warrants, he had no record of the transaction on his Uber account.

According to court documents, Fabian said he hadn’t seen Ana Barbosa since she left their car shop around 4 p.m. that day. He also claimed to investigators that Ana Barbosa, “must have unplugged the Wi-Fi when she left because he did not have a recording of the event.”

“I’m the closest one in proximity, I’m the one in town. He never called me and said, ‘hey is your mom in your house? Is your mom with you? Do you know where she is? Do you know what time she’ll be back home?'” Leal said, adding that her grandmother in Las Vegas called her to say Fabian had said Ana Barbosa was missing.

Warrants also show investigators found blood in a hallway in the Barbosa’s southwest Bakersfield home and swabbed it for DNA testing. No updates have been released on those findings.

When Leal confronted Fabian after hearing news of her mother’s disappearance she said, “I feel like he was victimizing himself. I thought I was going to arrive and he was going to tell me, ‘hey don’t worry, everything’s going to be okay, we’ll make a plan we’re going to do this, going to do that’. But instead, I’m standing there looking right at him, and he’s going on and on about the way they met and her flaws and the past.”

Leal called that face to face one of the most bizarre conversations she’s had.

“I think at this point I’ve cried so much and I’ve had so many anxiety attacks, so many panic attacks that I’m just kind of numbed out,” Leal said, reflecting on the past year for her family.
 
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54-year-old Ana Barbosa still missing after a year, daughter speaks out​

Tuesday, May 6, marked one year since Ana Barbosa’s loved ones last saw her.

Still no arrests, no updates and no Ana Barbosa.

17 News spoke with her daughter, Ana Maria Leal Ochoa, who’s gone from talking to her mom for hours at a time, to not hearing her voice for an entire year.

“We know our loved one. And we know she would never just abruptly cut ties with the entire family,” Leal told 17 News.

37-year-old Ana Maria Leal Ochoa just celebrated her namesake mother’s 54th birthday in April.

Her mother — Ana Barbosa — was not there.

“If she had any plans to hide or go away or she met someone, she would’ve mentioned it to me, and she never mentioned any of those things,” Leal said.

Barbosa has been missing since May of 2024 and was last seen at their family-owned automotive shop in Oildale. A month later in June, the sheriff’s office requested Barbosa’s husband, Fabian Barbosa, not be allowed to possess guns.

The status of that request is unclear.

According to warrants filed by sheriff’s investigators, there are allegations of domestic violence against Fabian Barbosa.

“She moved in with me for a while. Unfortunately, she wanted to go back. She wanted her marriage to work,” Leal recalled.

When asked if she supported her mother’s decision, Leal said with a shake of her head, “No. I told her not to leave. We all told her not to leave.”

Leal said she last saw her mom May 5 at a flea market.

Barbosa was with her husband.

“Had I known that was the last time I was going to see her in a while, I think that hug she gave me, I think I would’ve hugged her much tighter, much longer, because this is really unbelievable for me,” Leal said through tears.

Leal said the following day — the day she went missing — Ana Barbosa and Fabian had a big argument.

According to Fabian, Leal said, her mom then left through the back gate of their car shop.

“My mom doesn’t drive. She’d never be able to go on the freeway,” Leal pointed out.

Warrants show Fabian said he ordered an Uber for her, though she decided to order her own Uber instead. According to the warrants, he had no record of the transaction on his Uber account.

According to court documents, Fabian said he hadn’t seen Ana Barbosa since she left their car shop around 4 p.m. that day. He also claimed to investigators that Ana Barbosa, “must have unplugged the Wi-Fi when she left because he did not have a recording of the event.”

“I’m the closest one in proximity, I’m the one in town. He never called me and said, ‘hey is your mom in your house? Is your mom with you? Do you know where she is? Do you know what time she’ll be back home?'” Leal said, adding that her grandmother in Las Vegas called her to say Fabian had said Ana Barbosa was missing.

Warrants also show investigators found blood in a hallway in the Barbosa’s southwest Bakersfield home and swabbed it for DNA testing. No updates have been released on those findings.

When Leal confronted Fabian after hearing news of her mother’s disappearance she said, “I feel like he was victimizing himself. I thought I was going to arrive and he was going to tell me, ‘hey don’t worry, everything’s going to be okay, we’ll make a plan we’re going to do this, going to do that’. But instead, I’m standing there looking right at him, and he’s going on and on about the way they met and her flaws and the past.”

Leal called that face to face one of the most bizarre conversations she’s had.

“I think at this point I’ve cried so much and I’ve had so many anxiety attacks, so many panic attacks that I’m just kind of numbed out,” Leal said, reflecting on the past year for her family.
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“I’m the closest one in proximity, I’m the one in town. He never called me and said, ‘hey is your mom in your house? Is your mom with you? Do you know where she is? Do you know what time she’ll be back home?'” Leal said, adding that her grandmother in Las Vegas called her to say Fabian had said Ana Barbosa was missing.
 
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“I’m the closest one in proximity, I’m the one in town. He never called me and said, ‘hey is your mom in your house? Is your mom with you? Do you know where she is? Do you know what time she’ll be back home?'” Leal said, adding that her grandmother in Las Vegas called her to say Fabian had said Ana Barbosa was missing.
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Yeah, that's suspect as it can get.
 
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