Editor's note. Toward the end of her research for this story, Laura McNeal was attending a hearing for the case in a San Diego courtroom. In a hearing break, a girlfriend of one of the …
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David Valencia. Used young woman to lure Tostado to hostage house. Serving 15 years in state prison. Faces multiple life sentences and death sentence for murder charges.
Posted April 7, 2010
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The Weekend Read – a gripping story of a Chula Vista kidnap
The Chula Vista kidnapping of Eddy Tostado by Arellano cartel
At 3:39 a.m. on January 7, 2007, Columbia Street was almost deserted. Little Italy had been plagued with car burglaries — “It got where you couldn’t drive too many of the streets down there without …
April 7, 2010