Person Of Interest Held In Stacey Aguilar Murder

HAYWARD - Hayward Police on Monday confirmed they were holding in jail a person of interest in the investigation into the murder of 22-year-old Stacey Aguilar.

The San Jose resident was found murdered Saturday in a rural area off Morrison Canyon Road in Fremont. According to police, she had numerous gunshot wounds, but the actual cause of death has yet to be determined.

The person being held is in custody on an unrelated charge, and will not be named unless he is formally charged by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.

Hayward police Chief Diane Urban said “we’re very confident it’s the right person.”

She said, “The people in the community can sleep at night knowing there’s not a murderer on the loose.”

Urban said police believe Aguilar was killed in Hayward before her body was disposed of in Fremont.

According to NBC Bay Area, police also said at a press conference that Aguilar’s boyfriend was taken into custody Feb. 16 on a domestic violence charge related to the victim. They are not specifying, according to the tv station, whether he is the person of interest.

Aguilar was last seen on February 13 at around 11 p.m. at a party near the corner of Silva Avenue and Jackson Street in Hayward.

Also on Patch: Body Of 22-Year-Old San Jose Woman Found

-Bay City News contributed to this report, image via Hayward PD