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“America’s Most Wanted” is helping solve Katy’s Sepich case
Sabdy Pando
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“Americas Most Wanted” came to Las Cruces on Saturday Nov. 6 to help capture the people responsible behind the Kathryn Sepich murder. Kathryn, or “Katy,” Sepich was found sexually assaulted, strangled, and burned at a dump in Las Cruces on Aug. 31, 2003. The night before the murder, Sepich went to a party and apparently left at 3:00 a.m.
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Image of the crew of the show America's Most Wanted shooting the Vigil November 6. behind Corbet Center at New Mexico State University
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On Nov. 6, a candlelight vigil was held behind the Corbett Center at New Mexico State University in remembrance of Katy Sepich. There, the crew of the show “America’s Most Wanted, of the FOX Television Network, took footage of the vigil. The show’s host, John Walsh, spoke to Katy’s parents Jayann and Dave Sepich.
“You never get over loosing a child, everyday you learn to live with it. I still believe there’s still joy in life and I just miss her… I just miss my Katy,” Jayann Sepich said.
The Sepich family feels the Las Cruces Police Department and the Dona Ana Sheriff’s Department have made progress in the case and will eventually find the murderer.
“Captain Robert Jones who is in charge of the case for Dona Ana County Sheriffs Department and Mark Mayers at the Las Cruces Police Department, very dedicated, very committed, very intelligent, hard working, I think they have done everything that can possibly be done. I think it will be solved, I just think it’s a matter of time, this isn’t an easy case. It’s a complex case. I think unfortunately our legal system is setup in favor of the criminals. I think our legal system tends to forget the victims, not that everybody I know has forgotten Katy at all,” Jayann Sepich said.
The Sepich family, friends and the community remember Katy as a strong, loving and happy girl.
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Picture of Katy Sepich's Vigil at the taping of America's Most Wanted
November 6.
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“Katy was full of joy, full of exuberance. She had a lot of determination. She loved life, she loved people, she had a lot of goals, she loved her family, she loved her friends. She was a wonderful, wonderful young woman. I mean, when you look at her picture and you see how beautiful she was, she was even more beautiful on the inside, and she was fun,” Jayann Sepich said.
“America’s Most Wanted” contacted the Sepich family as a result of a similar murder case in Wisconsin.
“It was through the case of Wisconsin. I believe the detectives on the Wisconsin case contacted them, and they started looking into that, and they found out about Katy,” Jayann Sepich said.
Dona Ana County authorities are looking for Juan Roberto Nieto, 23, because he is the suspect of a case in Green Bay, Wis., where a woman survived similar burnings and assault.
When asked her opinion about the investigation and coverage of the TV show Jayann Sepich said, “I think it’s wonderful. I’m very excited, I’m hoping it will help solve the case. I’m hoping it will pull out the hard strings on someone that knows something and they will come forward. There is still a $53,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of these monsters, I just feel like the more light we share on the case, the better it is…”
According to “America’s Most Wanted,” information from the Dona Ana County Sheriffs Department, Katy left the party around 3 a.m. on August 31 last year and she walked three blocks to go to her apartment. According to their findings, she had forgotten her keys and tried to get inside through the window of her bedroom. They found the screen removed. They said she was kidnapped from her front yard and DNA was found in a beer can in the front yard. None of this information was found before “Americas Most Wanted” began its investigation.
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