Police Continue Hunt For Missing Vallejo Woman In Kidnapping For Ransom Case

VALLEJO - Vallejo police have released new pictures of Elvira Babb, the woman authorities believe was kidnapped from her Vallejo home on June 30, hoping the fresh images will help develop new leads in the case.

According to police, John Babb - the missing woman's son - called Vallejo police July 1 to report he had received a threatening text message from an unknown number stating his mother had been kidnapped and was being held for cash.

Babb told police he went to his mother's home on the 100 block of Daniels Avenue in Vallejo Thursday night and found his mother missing, her dog "Rocky" dead, and no signs of forced entry.

The Times Herald reported John Babb described his mother with passion at a news conference this week.

“She’d give you the shirt off her back,” said Babb. “She’d feed and house people. She cares and she doesn’t deserve this at all.”

“She means the world to me,” Babb said, according to the Times Herald. “She’s my only mom; I’m not going to get another mother.”

Vallejo police believe Elvira Babb was last seen by a coworker on June 29 about 3:00 p.m. when she was dropped off at Seafood City Supermarket in Vallejo after work.

Police say Babb lives about eight blocks away from the market, which is at 3495 Sonoma Blvd., and she works in Napa.

According to Vallejo Police Lt. Jeff Bassett, detectives developed enough information to obtain an arrest warrant for the primary suspect, Emmanuel Espinoza, 26 years of Stockton. Espinoza was found and arrested in the Sacramento area.

At this time, police say Espinoza has not divulged the location of Babb.

Also arrested in association with the case were 32-year-old Jalon Brown and 23-year-old Larry Young, both of Sacramento, and 27-year-old Lovely Rauzol, a Vallejo resident.

All four suspects were booked into the Solano County Jail on a charge of kidnapping for ransom.

The new photos include an image of Elvira Babb and her dog "Rocky" together. The other photo is of the dog.

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According to Vallejo police, the investigation is still ongoing, and the search for Elvira Babb continues.

Police urge anyone who may have information about this case or may know the whereabouts of Babb to contact Detective Terry Poyser of the Vallejo Police Department at 707-648-4080.

Please call 9-1-1 with any emergency information.

-images via Vallejo police, embed via ABC7