Missing Phoenix woman Doris Aguilar confirmed dead
Could a stalker be behind the disappearance?
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Twenty-five-year-old Doris Aguilar, who went missing on July 1, was confirmed dead on Thursday.
The Office of the Medical Examiner said the date of death was July 7. Her cause of death is still pending.
Phoenix police say they are actively investigating Aguilar’s disappearance. No other information on her death was released.
Most of her belongings were found in her car except her cellphone and car keys.
Private investigator Steve Fischer said Aguilar told her family she felt in danger from a stalker who wouldn’t leave her alone.
Her family and friends knew her as a hard worker and as health-conscious—always at the gym.
But things turned from concerning to dire after she disappeared on July 1.
Her car was found sitting for days outside a fashion store at the Christown mall in Phoenix.
“They found her purse, her wallet, her passport, credit cards, cash, so it was clear the motive was not robbery. The car was unlocked,” Fischer said.
Most of Aguilar’s family lives in Honduras, so Fischer has been a liaison to them from Phoenix.
“This surveillance from the store is so critically important,” said Fischer.
“Do we know if it exists?” asks reporter Briana Whitney.
“We don’t,” said Fischer.
Fischer said they’ve put together some pieces of the puzzle; they’re unsure how they all fit together.
He said her phone data shows the phone was shut off not long after 8 p.m. on July 1, when she went missing, but then it shows activity the next day.
“On the Second at 9-something in the morning, it pinged in Peoria for a very short amount of time,” said Fischer.
Aguilar lives in Phoenix and has no ties to Peoria.
Police returned Aguilar’s car to her family after searching it with the search warrants still inside.
Those are now in Fischer’s possession.
While Aguilar is a missing persons investigation, the warrant said something at the top.
“This is a homicide search warrant,” Fischer read us from the paper.
The words “possible homicide” are at the top of the paper, which only escalates the fear her family and friends feel knowing Aguilar had told them about a stalker.
“She did tell her family and important people in her life about this person, and that if anything happened to her, he was responsible and he scared her,” Fischer said.
Fischer said the alleged stalker worked at the same building as Aguilar, and said he was fired about a year ago after she reported his threatening actions.
Fischer said the man kept sending obsessive and threatening messages to Aguilar, which she ignored.
After encountering him multiple times in her EōS gym parking lot, she recently switched gyms.
“She moved to Lifetime Fitness. And I think the last Facebook post that he made is a post saying, ‘Getting my Lifetime membership back. See you soon,’ and that was on June 27. Three days later we never saw her again and we never saw him either. We’re still looking for him,” said Fischer.
Fischer said the man was using fake names online, but Wednesday, Fischer found his real identity.
“If we find him, we find her, and that’s our focus right now. That’s what we’re looking for,” said Fischer.
It’s important to note Phoenix police have not named any suspects in her disappearance but they are actively investigating leads.
Fischer said Aguilar had no signs of mental illness or drug abuse; there are no signs she left on her own will.
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