21-year-old Salvador Rodriguez was one the young people first taken into police custody in connection to the Richmond gang rape, but he was later released by police. Now Rodriguez, a key witness to the rape, is missing.

Rodriguez has been missing since Dec 6th. Family members of Rodriguez say that he received death threats after speaking to ABC 7 news. He told reporters he was skateboarding the night of the incident and saw the rape take place. He said he tried to help the victim after the assault was over. Richmond Police Sergeant Bisa French told KCBS news that they are concerned and that searching for Rodriguez is not easy because he does not have a permanent residence.

Check out the interview Rodriguez did with ABC 7 news. The interview also includes another witness—who doesn’t show his face because he is afraid something may happen to him.
 

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19 year-old Karina Vargas welcomed the New Year watching fireworks with friends in San Francisco, but little did she know that later that night she would play a key role in the murder investigation of 22-year-old Oscar Grant. The video she captured of then Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Johannes Mehserle shooting Grant, along with other witness videos, became a catalyst for multiple protests and the eventual arrest of Mehserle.

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Youth Radio talks to one of Oscar Grant's in laws who gives us in insight about what happened the day Oscar Grant was killed by former BART official and how the family is dealing with it. 

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Youth Radio talks to Oscar Grant's cousin who witnessed former BART officer Johannes Mehserle shot and kill her love one after celebrating the New Year.  

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At yesterday's protest Salvin Moore, a former classmate of Oscar Grant, gives his eye witness account of what occurred at Fruitvale station the night his friend was slain.

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