Infant's body found; unclear if related to missing case
Posted: Jan 04, 2015 6:43 AM EST
Updated: Jan 04, 2015 11:24 PM EST
Police say the body of an unidentified infant has been found in San Diego County and detectives from Long Beach are traveling there to help determine whether the baby is the same one who has been the focus of an urgent search. (Source: AP)
Police say the body of an unidentified infant has been found in San Diego County and detectives from Long Beach are traveling there to help determine whether the baby is the same one who has been the focus of an urgent search. (Source: AP)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A 3-week-old girl was missing Sunday from a California home where the baby's mother, father and uncle were found shot, police said.
Detectives from Long Beach were traveling to San Diego County Sunday evening to help authorities there determine whether the body of an unidentified infant is the same one who has been the focus of an urgent search since Saturday.
Long Beach police spokeswoman Marlene Arrona said it was unknown if the two incidents were connected.
Long Beach police were also seeking an adult male in the shooting but have not said if the man is related to the missing 10-pound baby girl named Eliza Delacruz.
His motive was unknown but detectives do not believe the shooting was a random act, Arrona said.
Officers went to the residence Saturday evening after receiving a call about the shooting and found the two brothers and the baby's mother with gunshot wounds, she said. One of the brothers is the father of the child.
Two victims remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The other was treated and released.
Authorities asked anyone who knows of someone bringing home an infant under suspicious circumstances to call the police or take the child to a police station, hospital or fire station.
Police released a photo that showed the child sleeping on a red blanket in a ruffled white dress with a white bow in her hair.
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