May 25 marks two years since Pearl Pinson was kidnapped. She was last seen by a witness on a walkway over Highway 780 in Vallejo in 2016.
A witness reported seeing a woman, now believed to be Pinson, being dragged along a pedestrian overpass. Deputies said the suspect was 19-year-old Fernando Castro.
Castro was involved in a shootout with police in Southern California and died.
"It's two years and we still don't know nothing," said Rose Pinson, Pearl's sister. "The only person we know is six feet under the dirt. We can't ask him what did you do with her."
The family lives about 10 minutes away from where Pinson was kidnapped.
"Everything's remained the same," Pinson's aunt, Samantha Frank said. "We're not gonna move on without her."
Their lives are frozen in time, optimistic their girl will come home while they continue to search for Pinson.
"What's motivated us is that fact that we haven't given up," Frank said. "As a family knowing that she may not come home and that's the hardest part, but we're not gonna give up."
According to Paige Kneeland with Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, there are close to 20,000 documented missing person cases in the national database as of January 1. There are more than 3,000 documented human remains cases in California.
An event on June 9 called "Missing in California" will be held for people who have missing loved ones or want to be prepared. It's the first time an event like it will be held in California. Agencies across the state will be on hand to answer any basic questions. They encourage people to bring photographs, any medical or dental records, military records, or fingerprints of missing loved ones.
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