https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Alejandro_Espinoza

Saw this one on PlutoTV the other day and...this one just seemed weird.

The police decided to ask Unsolved Mysteries for help to find this guy...to give him the reward money -- like it was burning a hole in their pocket or something?

I almost get the idea it's less that they want to give him the money and more like they were trying to lure him to them because they wanted him for a crime or something?

Interesting theory! It would explain why he never came forward...

Another theory could be that he went to Mexico or Central America and did not know he was being sought after.

pardon my interruption, but what is Plutotv?

pardon my interruption, but what is Plutotv?

Oh wow. It's basically a FREE web based cable system with tons of channels, one of which that shows Unsolved Mysteries 24/7 --

https://pluto.tv/live-tv/unsolved-mysteries

Seriously it is amazing. Its got movies, tv shows, weather, music and Bob Stack...and all free.

One of the articles about him mentioned that Espinoza filed a claim for the reward money, but did not leave a return address. I definitely see where it was odd that the police were adamant about finding him so he could collect his reward money, and I doubt it would have had anything to do with convicting Ramirez (since he was already convicted by that point). Maybe it was legitimately so he could get what he earned (since it was such a high profile case), or maybe they did want him for some other reason. The nefarious reason would make sense as to why he didn't ever come forward.

If he was wanted by the police for something, Alejandro wouldn't have volunteered to come in and give the police the information he provided to them.

If he was wanted by the police for something, Alejandro wouldn't have volunteered to come in and give the police the information he provided to them.

Only speculation on my part. Just seemed odd to me that anyone would in effect put a "we owe you money" poster like they did. From above, someone said he asked about the money, but disappeared when pressed for more information about him.

If he was wanted by the police for something, Alejandro wouldn't have volunteered to come in and give the police the information he provided to them.

If he only gave his name and no address (which is what he did) to someone working at a desk at the police station, he still could have been wanted.