Surveillance footage at the Mexico border obtained by a local news outlet appears to show a Los Angeles man and his 5-year-old daughter who was the subject of an Amber Alert this week.
For the record:
9:36 a.m. May 28, 2026A previous version of this article said Daleza Fregoso is 4 years old. She is 5.
The photos obtained by NBC4 appear to show 40-year-old Ruben Fregoso in a parking garage in San Ysidro with his daughter, Daleza, on Sunday. The California Highway Patrol has listed her age as 4 years old but Los Angeles Police say the girl is 5.
Fregoso is considered a person of interest in the slaying of Daleza’s mother, after she was found dead inside her home.
On Monday around 12:39 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department conducted a welfare check in the 2600 block of South Alsace Avenue in West Adams, police said in a news release.
Officers found Daleza’s mother dead inside the home “as a result of violence” and Daleza missing, police said.
On Monday night, the California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert for Daleza Fregoso. The alert said that the girl was last seen with Ruben Fregoso, who allegedly abducted her in a 2019 Land Rover Discovery, on Sunday at about 4 a.m.
The CHP posted in an update that the vehicle was found but that the child and man are still missing.
The girl is described as 3 feet tall, 45 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
This story originally appeared on LA Times
