California instructor accused of hiding lacking teen for nearly 2 years

A California instructor accused of hiding a lacking teen disappeared greater than two years in the past and reappeared at his household dwelling in March, authorities stated final week.

Holga Castillo Olivares, 61, is scheduled to look in court docket Monday within the June 2020 disappearance of 17-year-old Michael Ramirez, the Rancho Cordova Police Division stated in an announcement.

Olivares faces expenses of detaining a minor with the intent to hide his dad and mom and contributing to the juvenile’s delinquency, the division stated.

Ramirez’s aunt and authorized guardian, Katte Smith, advised NBC affiliate KCRA that he ran away after an argument together with his dad and mom and by no means returned.

Ramirez was solely 15 years previous on the time.

An intensive search following {the teenager}’s June 9 disappearance had not been capable of finding him, the ministry stated. The ministry stated nearly two years later, on March 11, he returned dwelling “inexplicably”.

KCRA studies that he was on the dwelling of Olivares – the mom of a childhood girlfriend – the whole time.

“You’ll be able to’t simply disguise somebody’s child and suppose it is okay,” Smith advised the station.

The police division recognized Olivares as an worker at Alice Birney Public Waldorf Faculty, within the Sacramento Unified Faculty District.

The college’s web site lists her as a second grade instructor.

A spokesperson for the varsity district didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. In an announcement to KCRA, the district stated Olivares has been positioned on administrative go away whereas investigating the allegations.

The assertion describes the alleged expenses as “unrelated” to Olivares’ project and says she was detained after her college students have been dismissed for the day.

Jail data present Olivares was launched from jail on Monday. Makes an attempt to succeed in her have been unsuccessful and it was not instantly clear if she had an legal professional to talk to on her behalf.