NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
July 25, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

MARY ESTHER WOMAN WANTED FOR EVIDENCE TAMPERING

     The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of 43-year old Anita Sue Pinto-Aguilar (pictured left) on a charge of tampering with evidence. Pinto-Aguilar is the mother of 17-year old Amber Nicole Rohwedder. Pinto-Aguilar first reported her daughter as a runaway on June 2nd. The teen’s skeletal remains were found in Santa Rosa County June 21st. (For details on the warrant, see the attached probable cause addendum).

     Pinto-Aguilar is believed to have recently left her home at 350 Avon Lane in Mary Esther in a silver, 2005 Toyota pick-up truck with tag number B72 7MJ.

     Investigators are also looking for Pinto-Aguilar’s husband, Jose Pinto-Aguilar, 35 to 40 years of age, on a violation of probation charge for battery and domestic violence.

     His whereabouts are also unknown.

     Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator Tom Bowman of the Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, 850-609-2000, or contact Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.

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