How Amberly’s Place is honoring Amberly Mendoza 30 years later

Reporter Lauren Duffel spoke with Sgt. Lori Franklin with the Yuma Police Department on the status of the Amberly Ann Mendoza case.

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - The month of March marks 30 years since nine-year-old Amberly Ann Mendoza was tragically murdered in her bedroom.

The case remains unsolved, but her memory lives on as an advocacy group has stood in her honor for over 26 years.

Executive Director Tori Bourguignon shares how residents across Yuma County can access these resources.

"Amberly's Place is a family advocacy center here in Yuma country. We are the only advocacy center here. We provide services 24/7, 365 [days], to victims of [domestic violence], sexual assault, elder abuse, sex trafficking and child abuse, both physical and sexual," Bourguignon explained.

Mendoza's case has remained unsolved since her murder took place back in 1996, and investigators are still trying to bring justice for her family.

"All it takes is that one person with that one clue that we're missing to come forward and help us solve this case," said Sgt. Lori Franklin, Public Information Officer for the Yuma Police Department (YPD).

YPD urges anyone with information to come forward.

"If anybody knows anything, please come forward...Please give us that, so we will be able to add closure to the family and give Amberly some justice," Sgt. Franklin expressed.