Beatrice Montes
- Age
- 51
- Gender
- F
- Race
- White
- Height
- 5' 3"
- Weight
- 145 lbs
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Gray or Partially Gray
- Date of birth
- 05/01/1942
- Date of death
- 11/21/1993
#93-32132-1256Tier-1 extracted
Beatrice Montes
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Nov 21, 1993
Recovery location
Grand Junction, CO
Coordinates
39.0689, -108.5643
Days open
11,886
Victim
ExtractedCase narrative
Source text · highlightedOn November 21, 1993, Beatrice Montes shut down her restaurant, La Mariposa, formerly at 159 1/2 Colorado Avenue. After counting the days receipts and cash with her boyfriend, Jose Jesus Tanori-Ruiz, and her son Joseph Vigil the three retired to their apartments above the restaurant. Around 2:00 A.M. Joseph Vigil was interrupted by yelling between Beatrice and Jose. The next morning, around 11:00 A.M., Joseph Vigil woke to find his mother, Beatrice Montes, strangled to death. The cash from the previous day's business along with Jose Jesus Tanori-Ruiz were gone.
In October 1994, police received information placing Mr. Tanori-Ruiz in the Sonora region of Mexico. In 1996 Grand Junction police obtained an arrest warrant for Jose Jesus Tanori-Ruiz.
Anyone with information regarding this case or the whereabouts of Mr. Tanori-Ruiz is asked to please contact the Grand Junction Police Department.
Modus operandi
Tier-1Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 39.0689
- Longitude
- -108.5643
- Precision
- Landmark
- Address
- 159 1/2 Colorado Avenue(extracted)
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- Address
- Grand Junction