Amber Alert canceled after abducted Yakima toddler found
Feb 28, 2017, 5:52 AM | Updated: 8:41 am
Top left: Manuel C. Mendoza. Bottom left: Jessica Mendoza. Right: MISSING CHILD: Leonnel Barajas is 2 feet tall, 45 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. He was wearing a maroon shirt with gray sleeves with red and blue checkered pants. (KIRO 7)
(KIRO 7)
Update: The Amber Alert for an abducted Yakima toddler has been canceled.
Police say 19-month-old Leonnel Barajas was taken by his uncle, 23-year-old Manuel C. Mendoza. Mendoza broke down the back door of the boy’s home, pointed a gun and took the child.
Mendoza was taken into custody in the Yakima area at about 6 a.m.
Jessica Mendoza, the boy’s mother, was found with Barajas in the Yakima area at about 8 a.m.
The boy was last seen at 801 Central Avenue, apt. 71, in Yakima.
Barajas is 2 feet tall, 45 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. He was wearing a maroon shirt with gray sleeves with red and blue checkered pants.
The child may be in the company of the listed suspects:
Manuel C. Mendoza, 23, is the boy’s uncle. He is Hispanic, 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. He has brown eyes and brown hair. Police said he broke down the back door, pointed a gun and took the child.
Jessica Mendoza, is a 24-year-old Hispanic woman, 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has green eyes and blonde hair.
They may be traveling in a silver/aluminum Chevrolet Impala with black rims and no hub caps. A license plate number is not available.
Anyone who recognizes them is asked to call 911.
