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The mother of a missing Utah woman, Danielle Staley, who vanished in California earlier this month,

says her boyfriend of 13 years has been abusive.

35-year-old Staley was last seen at a bonfire in Aptos near Rio

Del Mar State Beach on November 7th at around 11.30 p.m. Santa Cruz County deputy said Staley may be at

risk and foul play is potentially involved. Earlier this week, Staley's longtime boyfriend,

Alex Nunez, 62, said he had nothing to do with her disappearance,

adding that he's helping search for her. Her family says Nunez, who accompanied her to the

bonfire, is extremely abusive and manipulative. The pair had been staying on the coast,

living in a camper after arriving in the area at the end of October. Police later found

her belongings on the beach, and there has been no

indication she went into the water. Mom April Miller says Danielle's family has been concerned

the entire time the pair has dated, on and off, for around 13 years. Nunez reportedly said he would

take a polygraph test, and Fierce Daly may have had a drug relapse. Quote, there's cameras there, there's a whole private subdivision there that is nothing

but cameras.

There has to be some video surveillance of something, cars going in and out at that particular

time between around 11 o'clock and about 6 in the morning.

Police have not named Nunez as a suspect in Staley's disappearance, and he is

cooperating with the investigation.

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