Amber Alert for missing 5-year-old girl after mother found dead in LA, father person of interest

WEST ADAMS, LOS ANGELES -- An Amber Alert remains successful effect for a missing 5-year-old Los Angeles miss believed to beryllium with her father, who constabulary accidental is simply a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the decease of the child's mother.

Daleza Fregoso and her father, 40-year-old Ruben Fregoso, were past seen Sunday greeting adjacent Alsace Avenue and Ferndale Street successful Los Angeles.

On Monday afternoon, officers conducted a payment cheque and recovered a pistillate dormant astatine a location connected South Alsace Avenue successful West Adams, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Investigators accidental the pistillate "died arsenic a effect of violence."

The victim's husband, Fregoso, has been identified arsenic a idiosyncratic of involvement successful her death. Fregoso and the couple's girl person not been found, which triggered an Amber Alert respective hours aft the pistillate was recovered dead.

Investigators person learned that Fregoso made statements indicating helium intended to fly the state and has household successful Mexico. They judge that's wherever helium took the 5-year-old girl.

Fregoso and the kid were initially believed to beryllium successful a achromatic 2019 Land Rover Discovery with California licence sheet 9DAW715, according to California Highway Patrol. The conveyance was aboriginal located adjacent the U.S.-Mexico border, but the begetter and girl were not found.

Neighbors accidental the parent and girl were fixtures successful the neighborhood, ever friendly, anxious to speech oregon favored a dog.

"I'm hoping that the babe didn't spot thing that could scar her for life. My prayers are conscionable with the family," said neighbour Carrie Coleman. "She's conscionable a cute small kid. A sweetheart. The miss is conscionable truthful sweet, truthful young."

Coleman's demeanor changed erstwhile she was asked astir the father.

"Now, I person seen him rather a bit, respective occasions," Coleman said. "Pretty overmuch each clip you spot him, helium got a brew tin successful his hand."

A person of the girl's mother, whom she identified arsenic Marysol Garcia, told Eyewitness News she believes Ruben whitethorn person gotten convulsive erstwhile helium drank. She said the mates had been successful a narration for years.

"I'm disquieted due to the fact that if helium did thing to her, helium tin besides bash thing to the small girl," the person said successful Spanish. "But I bash cognize helium was aggressive, and helium drank a batch of alcohol."

The person said she grew disquieted erstwhile she was incapable to scope Garcia for days.

"My person told maine she thinks helium killed her," the pistillate said successful tears. "He did. He did termination her."

Daleza is described arsenic 3 feet tall, weighing 45 pounds, with achromatic hairsbreadth and brownish eyes.

Ruben is described arsenic 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds, with achromatic hairsbreadth and brownish eyes.

Anyone with accusation is urged to interaction Robbery Homicide Division, South Bureau Section detectives astatine (323) 786-5100.