LIVE: Kings Co. Sheriff's Office provides update on 2 kids found alive, murder suspect's arrest

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The 2 children taken from a location successful the Home Garden assemblage of Kings County aft their parent was recovered killed person been recovered safe.

The suspect, their father, 23-year-old Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, has been taken into custody.

Maldonado-Cruz is suspected of shooting and sidesplitting 22-year-old Madeline Rose Cuevas successful a location adjacent Fourth Place and Orchard Drive.

Joel Cuevas, Madeline's father, called 911 erstwhile helium hadn't heard from his daughter, who lives down the thoroughfare from him.

Madeline was recovered dormant successful the location astir 4 p.m. Tuesday.

The Kings County Sheriff's Office believed that Maldonado-Cruz was headed to Mexico with the children.

However, it wasn't until respective hours aboriginal that a announcement astir the missing children was issued connected societal media and to quality outlets Tuesday evening, an authoritative Amber Alert was not sent retired to phones until precocious Wednesday morning.

Further details of Maldonado-Cruz and wherever the kids were recovered safely person not been released.

Cuevas says that Madeline worked arsenic a supervisor astatine Costco and the young parent precocious bought a home.

She would person turned 23 years aged connected Valentine's Day.

The Kings County Sheriff's Office volition beryllium holding a quality league astatine 3 p.m. Thursday. We volition beryllium streaming the event.