Overview

• Martin Mendoza Jr. was arrested July 6 by U.S. Marshals at the California–Mexico border and booked in Imperial County Jail on a no-bail murder hold under Penal Code Section 187.
• Volunteers and Morgan Hill police located DiNapoli’s body on July 2 under a bridge near Anderson Lake three days after she went missing.
• Mendoza was named a person of interest early in the investigation after DiNapoli was last seen with her ex-boyfriend leaving a Trail Drive residence on June 29.
• The Santa Clara County coroner’s office has not yet released the official cause of death, and authorities say that finding will guide the next phase of prosecution.
• DiNapoli’s family has asked for privacy and discouraged fundraising efforts while community groups organize vigils and healing events in her memory.