After going out to a nightclub in February of 2015, a 27-year-old California woman disappeared. When police released surveillance footage of her at the club with her ex-boyfriend and another couple, they hoped people would come forward with answers. But when her car was found abandoned and her body was discovered in a creek bed in the mountains, her family became suspicious of one particular person. This is the story of Erica Alonso.

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CASE SOURCES

1. KCAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVejpPBcbnA

2. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/missing-america-erica-alonso-n311221?fbclid=IwAR2-PS6-vaXqmW02gqMwjoWcVO85bYmXAHFgoA-Z8Po1zAN7QGGUjMywMLg

3. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/couple-who-gave-missing-oc-woman-a-ride-home-identified/

4. The Orange County Register: https://www.ocregister.com/2015/04/30/erica-alonsos-body-verified-by-coroner-through-fingerprints/

5. The Orange County Register: 

https://www.ocregister.com/2015/04/30/as-family-mourns-erica-alonso-questions-remain-as-autopsy-fails-to-reveal-cause-of-death/

6. Erica's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164502854/erica-melissa-alonso/flower

7. Medium: https://medium.com/things-we-find-in-the-dark/remembering-erica-alonso-6490443e5458

8. Patch: https://patch.com/california/lagunabeach/desperate-family-scrapes-together-5000-reward-missing-laguna-hills-woman

9. KTLA: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/missing-laguna-hills-woman-was-subject-of-restraining-order-over-alleged-domestic-violence/

10. Sutra: https://www.yelp.com/biz/sutra-costa-mesa

11. Justice for Erica Alonso Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/WeLoveEricaAlonso

12. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/deputies-find-car-belonging-to-missing-laguna-hills-woman-27/

13. ABC 7 Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/erica-alonso-san-juan-capistrano-decomposed-body-cleveland-national-forest/686704/

14. Orange County Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/comments/3e8wsb/erica_alonsos_death_ruled_overdose/?sort=new

15. New Santa Ana: https://newsantaana.com/toxicology-results-show-that-erica-alonso-had-a-lethal-dose-of-ghb-and-alcohol-in-her-system/#:~:text=UPDATE%3A%20Toxicology%20Results%20%26%20Cause%20of%20Death&text=%E2%80%93%20(July%2022%2C%202015),The%20results%20indicate%20Ms.

16. The Capistrano Dispatch: https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/cause-of-erica-alonsos-death-determined-an-overdose/

17. The Orange County Register: https://www.ocregister.com/2015/07/23/it-doesnt-make-sense-to-me-father-of-erica-alonso-surprised-to-hear-daughters-death-ruled-an-overdose/

18. The David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQOYEiyuF94

19. Patch: https://patch.com/california/missionviejo/ericas-law-regarding-body-dumping-goes-effect-2018

20. People: https://people.com/crime/woman-who-disappeared-after-valentines-day-date-spurs-body-dumping-bill/

21. Erica's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raspberica/