Sandra Cantu

(2001-2009)

Murder of young American girl

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Sandra Renee Cantu (March 8, 2001 – March 27, 2009) was an American girl who gained national attention after she disappeared from Tracy, California, on March 27, 2009. Her body was discovered ten days later inside a suitcase in a local irrigation pond. On April 10, police arrested a local woman, 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby (born February 23, 1981), and charged her with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Cantu. Huckaby pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Cantu and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 2010.

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Born	Sandra Renee Cantu 8 March 2001 Tracy, San Joaquin County, California, USA
Died	27 March 2009 (aged 8) Tracy, San Joaquin County, California, USA
Zodiac	Pisces
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