This is a 1988 photo of Amber Swartz, who disappeared from her front yard in Pinole in June 1988. Curtis Dean Anderson appears in San Jose for his arraignment on charges he killed 7-year-old Xiana ...

DeSoto police said Amber Garcia was released from custody on Dec. 1. On Dec. 3, her mother received calls and texts suggesting she was being held for ransom.

Amber Garcia, 27, had been missing for a week when police Thursday asked for the public’s help in finding her. She’d last been seen after DeSoto police briefly took her into custody Dec. 1 ...