Woman demands answers in case of disappearance of 8-year-old sister

SAN ANTONIO – Jovanna Burney has no doubt that her missing sister, Bianca Carrasco, is no longer alive, but she wants help finding answers about what happened to her.

Burney is getting help from a nonprofit to get answers after years of silence from investigators.

Carrasco was having a bad week when she disappeared on May 1, 2016. Her husband last saw her walking away from her home on Walnut Creek Drive.

“She wouldn't have taken off at all, and she certainly wouldn't have just disappeared without contacting me or anyone,” Burney said.

Carrasco had told her sister she would file for divorce that week. At the time, she was 29 years old and a nurse and mother of three.

“I just want to find her, you know? [Her kids] I believe she has become estranged from them, and that is not acceptable,” Burney said. “They need to know their mother hasn’t moved away.”

Burney was patient and gave law enforcement time and space, hoping they would have news for her. But she is now frustrated with them.

“I've been told by the police that some crimes just can't be solved, and I've been told a lot of things to keep me quiet or away, but I can't, I can't do it. that,” Burney said.

The national organization Season of Justice funded a billboard along I-10 to help get tips.

KSAT contacted SAPD for an interview about the case, but the department declined. A few days later, a $5,000 Crime Stoppers reward was announced in the case. Burney said she asked that and more of investigators.

“Anyone who knows what happened to him, I’m not going to walk away,” she said. “It’s exhausting sometimes. It's exhausting. It is heavy. And no matter what, I have to keep looking.