Authorities are searching for a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her father after the girl’s mother was killed in Los Angeles.
Officers on Monday found a woman’s body inside a home in the 2600 block of South Alsace Avenue in West Adams, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities said a preliminary investigation revealed she died as a result of violence but did not disclose further details.
The woman’s identity was not released. Police described her husband, Ruben Fregoso, 40, as a person of interest in her death.
Fregoso allegedly fled with the couple’s daughter, Daleyza Fregoso. He made statements that suggested he intended to leave the country, according to investigators.
The pair were last seen Sunday around 4 a.m. near Ferndale Street and Alsace Avenue, according to an Amber Alert issued Monday. Investigators initially said they were traveling in a white 2019 Land Rover Discovery, but later said the vehicle had been located in a shopping center near the border with Mexico. A security guard found the SUV shortly before 9:15 p.m. Monday at 4575 Camino De La Plaza in San Ysidro, Officer S. Foster of the San Diego Police Department said.
Daleyza is described as 3 feet tall and 45 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Fregoso is about 5 feet 9 tall and weighs about 200 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, according to authorities.
Anyone with information is asked to call Los Angeles police at (323)-786-5100.
