Nine years later, still no answers for Bay Area teen kidnapped on her way to school

At days since James Pinson last saw his daughter each one is a little more tough than the last It gets a little harder every single day says Pearl Pinson s father walking down the pedestrian walkway over Interstate in Vallejo on Sunday afternoon I think about her as I much as I can I miss her smile her laugh and even her tone from her mouth at times But there s been no new leads to her whereabouts and I m disgusted with it he continues trying to contain his emotions On May Pearl Pinson was kidnapped on the bridge by an armed man who dragged her to a waiting car while she walked to school The kidnapper later identified as -year-old Fernando Castro had no known connection to Pinson Castro died in a shootout with police in Southern California the next day leaving plenty of unanswered questions but no sign of Pinson Each year on May a group gathers near the bridge to pay respects to Pearl and to raise awareness on her scenario Mostly they come to show they haven t forgotten about her The reason this is pivotal is because I want to show my aid for the family How much help would you want if it was your own child Vallejoan Bridget Doherty announced If it was my child I would want a lot of patronage as much as I can get I ve grown close to the family and when I spoke with Rose Pearl s sister I informed her that I will stand with her I think it s so crucial to help people know that if they feel they don t have a voice to let them know they have a voice and to help them project it To let them know they have our promotion The vigil for Pearl wasn t as large as it has been in certain other years with about people showing up countless of them kids that weren t older than Pearl was when she was kidnapped This year there was no balloons sent into the air and no big speeches although Dougherty did bring flowers and wrote a message in chalk saying Pearl was not forgotten Related Articles San Jose police arrest accused in dangerous copper wire theft Who is Trump s new top Bay Area federal prosecutor L A Times debate Guns N Roses Chinese spy affair and more Man shot and killed on th Avenue in Oakland on Saturday Five years after George Floyd protests police overhaul slows amid Bay Area political shifts Driver arrested in East Bay roadway shooting Although they d like nothing more than for Pearl to walk back into their lives right now friends and family think that having Pearl s name adjourn the bridge would mean a lot They ve tried contacting city authorities and members of Caltrans but say they ve been given the runaround It would mean a lot to have it the bridge named after her Pearl s father James Pinson explained in I just want to keep her name out there as much as viable It doesn t matter if it s good or bad I just want her name out there Pearl s older sister Rose didn t make it to this year s vigil but stated in that she accepted for the first time she may never see her sister again Rose Pinson sticks a poster remembering her sister Pearl on the pedestrian bridge where Pearl was kidnapped in Chris Riley Times-Herald This breaks my heart because I completely realized that I can eventually breathe I ve decisively realized that I may never see her again Rose explained in fighting back tears She may be up in heaven We ve conclusively accepted that we re never going to see her again James Pinson has also come to the conclusion this year that he won t see Pearl again In my heart I know she s gone But I just want to put the whole thing to rest James commented I cry for her but I try not to cry in masses in front of people I don t want people to see me cry James Pinson went on to say on Sunday that he s upset that the family of Fernando Castro has still not once apologized If they did it would show they cared about this James Pinson declared But after nine years If they presented up in the modern day I m not sure what I would do But I ll tell you what they know something They know something about this situation Ben Pinson Pearl s uncle also finds it hard to believe that there was just one person Fernando Castro who knows what happened to Pearl or where she might be Ben Pinson a truck driver explained he once saw Have You Seen Her pictures at a truck stop in Roseville but that was five years ago He is urging more people to put up photos We should have photos of Pearl at all kinds of truck and rest stops Ben Pinson noted And not just her Any kid that has gone missing Doherty noted she s been reaching out to local sports teams like the ers to see if there is anything they can do to spread the word Have you seen Pearl Pinson Bridget Doherty puts up flowers and leaves a message on Sunday afternoon for Pearl Pinson who has kidnapped on May and hasn t been seen since Thomas Gase Times-Herald I m reaching out to anyone sports teams and their front offices and local rap artists like LaRussell Doherty noted Anything to get several momentum to bring attention to her episode Unfortunately the family reported that no new developments have taken place in the incident Nothing has changed We still have no tips of where she could be where he Castro possibly took her Rose announced through tears in So unfortunately the affair is still cold I perpetually hold out hope in my mind she s going to come home alive but I know in my heart she s not Although Rose was frustrated four years ago with the lack of help from personnel she says the effort to find her sister improved three years ago Sgt Sheriff Officer Sean Mattson the officer originally assigned to the event seven years ago informed the Times-Herald in he sometimes gets tips on the occurrence Rose disclosed she still talks with Mattson but that the officer now works out of state and isn t assigned to the event anymore Once in a blue moon I ll talk with him and I ll text him asking What s going on because the detective we have now doesn t really communicate much with me Rose declared last year I mean he has other cases he has to handle Sean tries to reach us as much as he can I know he s no longer on the circumstance but he still keeps an eye out for any tips or ideas Anything that comes to Pearl s event he tells me that there might be an update He updates when he can Until then the family will keep waiting and hoping that one day they ll look across the other side of the bridge and Pearl will show up