On April 6, 2008, Metro Officers responded to a missing person call after a 14-year-old reported her mother, 32-year-old Edith Calderon, missing under suspicious circumstances.

Detectives from the Missing Persons Detail were called to the scene and began investigating. During the investigation, detectives found that Calderon went to Sunrise Hospital to visit her current boyfriend, who was a patient. She left the hospital and appeared on surveillance video at a fast food restaurant. She was never seen again. 

Detectives contacted a former boyfriend, 28-year-old Gonzalo Tejada-Rivas. While interviewing Tejada-Rivas, Missing Persons detectives found Calderon’s vehicle parked on the street near the intersection of Lisbon Avenue and Rome Street.

Homicide detectives were notified and responded to assist the Missing Persons detectives.

On April 9, 2008, detectives went to the desert area near US-95 and Silverline Road, where the body of a female, believed to be Calderon, was located.

Gonzalo Tejada-Rivas will be booked into the Clark County Detention Center, charged with one count of Murder and one count of Kidnapping.  

Calderon leaves behind four young children who have been placed in protective custody.

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