AN ELDERLY APTOS WOMAN IS STILL MISSING. THE LAST TIME 86 YEAR-OLD GRETA NEELSEN WAS SEEN BY HER HOUSEMATE, WAS REPORTEDLY AT ABOUT 9 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHT. SHE WAS REPORTED AS MISSING ON TUESDAY, AFTER SHE FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR A DOCTOR?S APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY. NEELSEN?S FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY IT IS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR HER TO GO SOMEWHERE, WITHOUT NOTIFYING SOMEONE. NEELSEN, WHO IS APPARENTLY A VERY ACTIVE WOMAN, DRIVES A RED 1999 HONDA CIVIC WITH CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE:

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NEELSEN, HERSELF IS DESCRIBED AS A 5 FOOT 4 INCH TALL CAUCASIAN FEMALE WITH BLUE EYES AND GRAY HAIR. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF?S OFFICE.

A FORMER APTOS ATTORNEY, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM CLIENTS, IS BACK BEHIND BARS. 52 YEAR-OLD HARRY TAUB WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK, AFTER PAROLE AGENTS DISCOVERED THAT TAUB HAD CONTROL OVER FINANCES AT THE WATSONVILLE COMPANY WHERE HE NOW WORKS. IF HE IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF HIS PAROLE, HE WILL BE SENT BACK TO PRISON.

THE OFFER OF A REWARD HAS RENEWED INTEREST IN A 2 YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE. 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF 29 YEAR-OLD MIGUEL LOZA. LOZA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE MAN WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A 2ND TEEN AGE GIRL, AFTER HE RAPED AND FATALLY STABBED JESSICA SHERIDAN IN FEBRUARY OF 2003. THE THEN 17 YEAR-OLD GIRL LAPSED INTO A COMA AFTER THE ASSAULT, AND DIED 6 MONTHS LATER. LOZA, WHO WAS BORN IN MEXICO, AND RAISED IN WATSONVILLE, APPARENTLY FLED TO MEXICO AFTER THE VIOLENCE SPREE. LOZA WAS ARRESTED TWICE IN MEXICO FOR VIOLENT CRIMES, BUT WAS RELEASED AFTER SERVING 2 SHORT STAYS IN JAIL THERE. MEXICAN AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO EXTRADITE HIM BECAUSE POSSIBLE PUNISHMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES INCLUDE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE, AND THE DEATH PENALTY. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPARTMENT.

2 PEOPLE WERE HIT BY GUNFIRE, WHILE STANDING IN THE DRIVEWAY OF A SALINAS RESIDENCE LAST NIGHT. THAT AFTER A PASSENGER IN A LIGHT BLUE TOYOTA ISSUED A GANG CHALLENGE, AND THEN OPENED FIRE (WITH A LARGE CALIBER HANDGUN). TWO 23 YEAR-OLD MEN SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS, ALTHOUGH ONE OF THEM WAS ONLY A GRAZE. THE OTHER WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING HIT IN THE SHOULDER, IN THE 10:40 P.M. INCIDENT, THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 200 BLOCK OF PALOMA AVENUE.