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Boyfriend of woman who vanished at California beach bonfire speaks out, makes plea for public’s help
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The boyfriend of a Utah woman who vanished earlier this month at a beach in California is now speaking out, urging the public to “please come forward” with information in a case that police suspect might contain “foul play.”
Danielle Staley, 35, was last seen at a bonfire on Rio Del Mar State Beach near Aptos on Nov. 6 around 11:30 p.m., according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies later said new information indicates that Staley may be “at risk” and that “foul play may be involved.”
“I’m not stopping until I find her. And I’m not going anywhere, I’m right here,” Alx Nunez, identified by KSBW as her boyfriend, said in an interview with the station. “I really appreciate everything that people are doing. … and I want to do more than what I’ve been doing, sitting in some hotel room, so what I’m asking is for if anybody has any information, any information whatsoever to please come forward, the detectives are working on this really hard.”
“As God as my witness, I have nothing to do with it,” he also said.
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Danielle Staley, 35, right, was last seen on Nov. 6, 2025, at Rio Del Mar State Beach near Aptos, California. (Google Maps; Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office)
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office describes Staley as being 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighing around 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a dark-hooded sweatshirt and leopard-print leggings.
“Since being reported missing on November 7, 2025, deputies and detectives have been actively investigating and following up on all information to help locate Danielle Staley,” Santa Cruz County Sheriff Sgt. Zach West told Fox News Digital on Thursday. “Staley’s personal belongings were found on the beach, and she has not been in contact with her family — behavior that is uncharacteristic and has raised additional concern.”
“At this time, investigators are not ruling out foul play; however, the case is being treated as a missing person at risk due to the circumstances,” West added. “The Sheriff’s Office is asking residents and businesses with surveillance footage capturing the area of Rio Del Mar Beach, Beach Drive, Treasure Island, and/or Spreckels Drive areas, between November 5 and November 7, 2025, to contact our deputies for review of video footage.”
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With debris-filled waves in the background, a woman walks along Rio Del Mar State Beach after a powerful storm hit California’s Central Coast in Aptos, California, on Jan. 9, 2023. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
West said Staley is from Holladay, Utah — a city outside Salt Lake City — and that her boyfriend has been cooperating with the investigation. Staley, he said, was “in the company of an unknown group of people” around a bonfire at the time of her disappearance.
“Over this past weekend, some of Ms. Staley’s family members arrived in Santa Cruz County to assist in the investigative search efforts,” West also told Fox News Digital. “Community members have continued to report possible sightings and have provided video surveillance to assist with possible leads.”
Rio Del Mar State Beach in California. A Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told KTVU, “Staley’s personal belongings were found on the beach.” (Google Maps)
Nunez said he did not attend the bonfire on the night of Staley’s disappearance and instead fell asleep in the camper van they were traveling in. The van is still being searched by police for evidence, according to KSBW.
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“And when I woke up, she wasn’t there, so I’m saying there’s cameras there, there’s a whole private subdivision that isn’t nothing but cameras, and there has to be some video surveillance of something cars going in and out between about 11 o’clock and six in the morning,” the station quoted him as saying.
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What does the Oregon Government Ethics Commission do?
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is responsible for enforcing Oregon Government Ethics Law, Lobby Regulation Law and Public Meetings Law.
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted March 6 to fine Keizer City Councilor Soraida Cross $500 after an investigator found she tried to use her position to avoid a criminal citation.
In a stipulated final order signed by Cross, an OGEC investigator detailed a May 14, 2025, incident in which Cross attempted to call Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter on his personal cellphone when police responded to a domestic dispute at the home Cross shared with her ex-husband.
During the incident, first reported by Keizertimes, a woman accused Cross of pushing her off a barstool.
Salem Police responded to the 911 call in Keizer to avoid a possible conflict of interest. Video footage obtained by Keizertimes shows Cross telling the officer she is a city councilor, played golf with Keizer Police Chief Andrew Copeland and is friends with Hunter.
The body camera footage was later shared on social media by Marion County Democrats.
Paige Barton, chair for Marion County Democrats, filed a complaint against Cross with the ethics commission.
When Cross told the officer she was a councilor, she attempted to “use her official position to avoid the financial detriment associated with a criminal citation,” according to the order.
The order said Cross “used confidential information in an attempt to obtain a personal gain” when she called Hunter on his personal cellphone to involve him in the Salem Police investigation.
“The personal phone number of Mr. Hunter is not publicly available information, such that any member of the public may contact him when dealing with law enforcement matters,” the order said.
The criminal citation for harassment was forwarded to the Polk County District Attorney’s Office due to a possible conflict of interest. The office declined to prosecute.
Cross told OGEC that she did not willingly or intentionally violate Oregon ethics law.
“She further asserts that she is a victim of domestic violence and that the police were called to her home on May 14, 2025, by her ex-husband as a form of retaliation and that was not the only time,” officials said in the order. “Ms. Cross further contends that on the evening of May 14th, she needed to call her friends, which is why she contacted Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter whom she called for advice out of fear and there was no malicious intent.”
Commission investigator Daniel Pacheco said in a preliminary investigation that Cross appeared to try to use her position to avoid financial detriment, such as legal fees associated with a criminal charge.
The commission voted 5-0 in October to find a substantial objective basis for believing Cross violated Oregon law. A more in-depth investigation ensued.
In the order, OGEC officials said the results of the investigation pointed to a preponderance of evidence that Cross violated Oregon ethics law.
Cross signed the stipulated final order on Feb. 17, waiving her right to a contested hearing and judicial review. She will pay a $500 civil penalty to settle the matter.
The commission approved accepting the final order in a 6-0 vote with one abstention.
For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-910-6616 or follow on X at @wmwoodworth
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