Overview
- Investigators say Amberly Mendoza was found unresponsive in her Yuma home on March 9, 1996 after an intruder sexually assaulted her and killed her by asphyxiation.
- The FBI’s Phoenix Field Office announced a reward of up to $30,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction and is asking the public to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit tips online.
- Yuma Police note there were no other signs of forced entry but that the screen to Amberly’s first-floor bedroom window had been removed, a detail officials highlighted in a seeking-information poster.
- The case remains unsolved and Yuma Police are working with the FBI to re-energize the investigation and encourage anyone with knowledge to come forward through an anonymous local tip line at 78-CRIME (928-782-7463).
- Renewed public appeals and the reward could spur new witnesses, motive leads, or forensic reviews that may change the course of the decades-old investigation and offer answers to Mendoza’s family.