WATCH ABOVE: As Nancy Hixt reports, Daisy Fernandez made an emotional plea, asking the public for any information on her son’s killers.
CALGARY – More than a year and a half since his murder, Anthony Fernandez’s mother is appealing to the public, asking for help to find his killer.
“It has almost been two years since his death and our tragic loss…We still have no answers about who is responsible,” said the victim’s mother, Daisy Fernandez. “Anthony had so many plans for the future, but that ended way too soon. His personality and big bright smile lit up any room he was in.”
“As a family, we are frustrated by the fact that no one has been identified … the person who killed Anthony is still walking the streets.”
Family of 19-year-old Anthony Fernandez noticed he was missing on Dec. 24, and reported him missing on Boxing Day. The next day, police discovered his body in a car parked in an alley in the 1200 block of Colgrove Ave. N.E. Police said at the time they believed it was possible Fernandez’s body was in the vehicle from December 24 onward.
Calgary police and homicide detectives knocked on doors in the northeast community of Bridgeland, passing out flyers as they investigated the death.
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Police said Monday they’ve investigated “several persons of interest” since the death, but those people have since been cleared of involvement.
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Police believe Fernandez died in the early hours of Dec. 25 at the location where he was found. The car he was inside, a 2009 maroon Mazda 6, was lit on fire—destroying much of the evidence. They released the information Monday in the hopes it will help someone with information come forward as the case has stalled.
“It was the early morning of Christmas, it did take place in a dark back alley,” said Calgary Police acting staff Sgt. Kurt Jacobs. “Unfortunately that adds to the tragic circumstances for the family, but depending on surveillance cameras, number of witnesses and a number of other things, we are sometimes challenged depending on the evidence we’re faced with on the onset.”
Jacobs said it’s “fair to say some evidence had been lost” in the case. He said the information collected so far doesn’t suggest the case is gang or organized crime-related.
Anyone who saw the car or has any information about the case is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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