{"id":279407,"date":"2026-04-22T00:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279407\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:24:27","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-seek-publics-help-in-suspicious-death-of-auberry-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279407\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Seek Public\u2019s Help in Suspicious Death of Auberry Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s detectives are continuing to investigate the suspicious death of an Auberry woman who was reported missing in August 2021.<\/p>\n

Bessie Walker, 27, was last seen either Wednesday, Aug. 4, or Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Family members filed a missing persons report with the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office on Aug. 8, 2021. Her last known sighting was near Mono Wind Casino in Auberry, where she was wearing a pink dress and sandals.<\/p>\n

During the initial investigation, deputies received information about several possible locations where Walker might have been. Authorities searched those areas but were unable to locate her.<\/p>\n

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On the night of Aug. 21, 2021, family members and friends who had formed a search party contacted the sheriff\u2019s office after discovering a body on private property in the 37000 block of Auberry Mission Road. Deputies responded to the scene and located a deceased person.<\/p>\n

The body was later identified as Walker.<\/p>\n

Got a Tip?<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is asking anyone with information to submit tips by email at ojs_mmu@bia.gov<\/a>, by phone at (833) 560-2065, or by texting BIAMMU to 847411.<\/p>\n

A $10,000 reward is also being offered through Valley Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n

To be eligible for up to $15,000, tips must be submitted separately to both Valley Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867 or www.valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a> and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.<\/p>\n

Anyone wishing to speak directly with investigators can contact Detective Jose Diaz at (559) 600-8204 or (559) 448-7089.<\/p>\n

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Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s detectives are continuing to investigate the suspicious death of an Auberry woman who was reported…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-279407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}