Sacramento father a suspect after infant daughter was found dead in LA dumpster
A Sacramento County man is sought as a person of interest after authorities identified his daughter as the infant found dead in or near a dumpster Monday in Southern California.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department began investigating the death of an infant who was found Monday morning, identified by the L.A. County Coroner’s Office as 8-month-old Alexia Rose Echeverria.
Multiple Southern California news outlets reported the baby was found dead by a dumpster near a funeral home in Bellflower, southeast of downtown L.A.
Sacramento sheriff’s officials said Tuesday in a news release that detectives have connected the infant’s death to her father, 22-year-old Alexander Echeverria of Sacramento. Echeverria was reported missing last Friday, last seen early Monday morning in Southern California, and remains outstanding, according to the news release.
The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department in a news release Tuesday confirmed that the dead infant was the daughter of Echeverria, and reported that investigators believe she died in Sacramento.
Authorities say Echeverria is considered a “person of interest” and is considered at-risk due to “suicidal statements made to family members recently,” the news release said.
Echeverria resides in the 6300 block of Requa Way in Parkway Estates, south of Florin Road, the news release said.
Echeverria is believed to be driving a gray 2014 Volkswagen Jetta with license plate No. 7FFT866, according to the Sacramento sheriff’s news release.
The Los Angeles sheriff’s news release described Echeverria described as a Hispanic man, approximately 5-foot-6 and 130 pounds.
This story was originally published May 28, 2019 at 11:37 AM.
