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Authorities searching for a man suspected of killing a woman and abducting their two young daughters issued an Amber Alert in the case Wednesday morning.
The alert included Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Riverside counties, with the California Highway Patrol saying the suspect may have fled to Mexico.
According to the Kings County Sheriff’s Office, Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, 23, is suspected of fatally shooting the children’s mother on Tuesday in Hanford and fleeing with the children, aged 2 and 3.
AMBER Alert- Kings, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Orange and Imperial Counties
Last Seen: East 4th Place and Home Ave., Hanford @KingsCoSheriffIF SEEN, CALL 9-1-1 pic.twitter.com/FCDg5aVmBx
— CHP – Alerts (@CHPAlerts) January 29, 2025
He was last seen leaving the residence in a 2020 four-door gray Hyundai Elantra with California license place 8LZD084.
The suspect was described as 5-foot-9, weighing 215 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He should be considered armed and dangerous, sheriff’s officials said.
The missing children are Arya Maldonado, 3, who is 3 feet tall, weighing 25 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, and Alana Maldonado, 2, who is 2- foot-5, weighing 20 pounds, also with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call 911.