Pinole police: Curtis Dean Anderson killed Amber Swartz-Garcia
The infamous pedophile who molested and murdered Vallejo's Xiana Fairchild did the same to another 7-year-old in Pinole, authorities said this morning as they formally ended their 21-year search for Amber Swartz-Garcia.

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