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Yuba City woman and her ex-boyfriend reported missing after weekend trip to Reno

Yuba City woman and her ex-boyfriend reported missing after weekend trip to Reno
APPEARANCE IN COURT TOMORROW. TY: AND THIS IS NEW TONIGHT. A PLEA FOR HELP FROM THE FAMILY OF A YUBA CITY WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR DAYS. JANETTE PANTOJA WENT ON A TRIP TO RENO WITH HER EX BOYFRIEND JUAN ALMANZA ON SUNDAY. PANTOJA HAD SENT A TEXT TO A FRIEND IN RENO SHE WAS JUST 30 MINUTES AWAY BUT SHE NEVER ARRIVED. SINCE THEN, NEITHER HAVE RESPONDED TO ANY CALLS OR TEXTS. THE TWO WERE DRIVING IN A BLUE FORD EXPLORER WITH LICENSE PLATE 45NS072 ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD
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Yuba City woman and her ex-boyfriend reported missing after weekend trip to Reno
A Yuba City woman and her ex-boyfriend have been missing for days after they were supposed to return home from a trip but never came back.The Yuba City Police Department said 29-year-old Janette Pantoja and 36-year-old Juan Almanza Zavala headed to Hot August Nights, an annual car show in Reno, but planned to come back that same Saturday. But they never came back.A family member of Pantoja said the last message they received from them was a text Pantoja sent to her boyfriend saying that they were 30 minutes away and would be home soon.Police said they have tried pinging both their phones and the last known location of their phones was in Nevada County, and that the sheriff's office there is now also helping with looking for them. Family said that the last location ping was in Penn Valley, which is roughly 30 minutes away from Yuba City.The two were last seen driving a blue 2002 Ford Explorer with the license plate 4SNS072.The family said they filed a missing persons report with the Yuba City Police Department, and officers told them that Pantoja's last ping on her phone was in Penn Valley in Nevada County, roughly 30 minutes away from Yuba City.KCRA 3 reached out to the police department but has not heard back.Anyone with info is asked to call police at 530-822-4661.

A Yuba City woman and her ex-boyfriend have been missing for days after they were supposed to return home from a trip but never came back.

The Yuba City Police Department said 29-year-old Janette Pantoja and 36-year-old Juan Almanza Zavala headed to Hot August Nights, an annual car show in Reno, but planned to come back that same Saturday. But they never came back.

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A family member of Pantoja said the last message they received from them was a text Pantoja sent to her boyfriend saying that they were 30 minutes away and would be home soon.

Police said they have tried pinging both their phones and the last known location of their phones was in Nevada County, and that the sheriff's office there is now also helping with looking for them. Family said that the last location ping was in Penn Valley, which is roughly 30 minutes away from Yuba City.

The two were last seen driving a blue 2002 Ford Explorer with the license plate 4SNS072.

Janette Pantoja
Family of Janette Pantoja

The family said they filed a missing persons report with the Yuba City Police Department, and officers told them that Pantoja's last ping on her phone was in Penn Valley in Nevada County, roughly 30 minutes away from Yuba City.

KCRA 3 reached out to the police department but has not heard back.

janette pantoja and juan almanza
Family of Janette Pantoja

Anyone with info is asked to call police at 530-822-4661.