Missing Arizona Teen Believed To Be With Tulsa Homicide Suspect

By Lori Fullbright, The News On 6

TULSA, OK -- A Tulsa murder suspect is on the run and he has a 16-year-old Arizona girl with him.

Her family and police are worried sick, especially since her text messages stopped two days ago.

Tulsa Police believe the teenage girl from Chandler, Arizona went to meet Pedro Gaeta on Saturday, but then changed her mind and now, can't get away from him.

Her parents are frantic now that they've learned he's charged with a cold blooded murder in Tulsa in November.

Tulsa Police say he could be headed to Oklahoma, so be on the look-out.

Arizona police say 16-year-old Mixarai Zumaia told her parents she was going to get her hair done on Saturday, but, actually went to meet Pedro Gaeta.

She told her family she was leaving with him in text messages, but then the tone of those messages changed.

"Sometime between the first text message to the last, they felt she had a change of heart and was reluctant to be with this individual and wanted to come home," said Detective Frank Mendoza, Chandler, Arizona Police Department.

The texts stopped altogether on Sunday at midnight. Gaeta has been wanted in Tulsa since November 21st after witnesses saw him kill Alvaro Deleon on North Troost.

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Witnesses told police Gaeta choked and beat a girl.

That girl's brother and husband went to Gaeta's house and when they couldn't find him, broke out the windows of his house and car.

Witnesses say Gaeta later walked up to the woman's brother, pointed a gun at his head and pulled the trigger.

"He's a very dangerous man and he's armed at all times, according to the information we have," said Sergeant Mike Huff, Tulsa Police. "And we're very concerned about her safety with this dangerous fugitive."

Mixarai's sister says her sister met Gaeta through a family friend and believes the two had been talking on the Internet.

"She was a good student, straight A's, honors," her sister said. "She was studying cosmetology."

Gaeta's mother and twin brother still live in Tulsa and he has friends nearby. That's one reason they wonder if he could be headed to the Sooner state.

Lori Fullbright, The News On 6: "What can the people in Oklahoma do to help?"

Detective Frank Mendoza, Chandler, Arizona Police Department: "We're asking if they know of this individual or a car he is driving or any known addresses any tidbit, regardless of how trivial you think it is, it could be that one thing that will bring her home to her family safely,"

The one key piece of evidence detectives don't have is what type of vehicle the two are traveling in.

They say other than Oklahoma, he could be headed to Texas or Mexico.

If you have information that could help, call Crime Stoppers at 596-COPS or call the Chandler, Arizona Police Department at 480-782-4130.