Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Amber Alert Issued For Missing Teen

Eunice Serrato disappeared from her San Ardo home after a double homicide.

UPDATE 9:20 a.m.

An Amber Alert remains in effect this morning for a 16-year-old girl who disappeared from a home where a double homicide occurred this weekend in San Ardo, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.

The bodies of Hector Reyes, 22, and Daniel Fraga, 25, were discovered inside a home at 62240 Railroad Ave. at about 10 p.m. Saturday, according to the sheriff's office.

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Detectives discovered the homeowner's daughter, Eunice Serrato, was missing and possibly abducted.

She is about 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs about 130 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. She has a tattoo on her right middle finger that says "3/10/10." On her back she has one that reads "Love," and "Vellen" is tattooed on her upper right leg. She was wearing a blue and white shirt, pink jacket, blue jeans and sandals when she was abducted.

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Investigators believe Serrato's boyfriend and his father are taking her to Mexico in a blue 2000 Chevy Tahoe with California license plate No. 6W54124.

The two men - 39-year-old Juan Manuel Salazar and 19-year-old Juan Manuel Salazar Jr. - were also considered persons of interest in the deaths of Reyes and Fraga, according to the sheriff's office.

Salazar is described as a Hispanic man with brown eyes and long black hair. He is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. His son has black hair and black eyes. He is around 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He has glasses, could have a gunshot wound and is considered armed and dangerous, according to authorities.

Anyone with information regarding the case should call Monterey County sheriff's Detective Brett Speirs at (831) 755-3805.

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An Amber Alert has been issued for a 16-year-old Hispanic girl who is believed to have been abducted from San Ardo in Monterey County.

According to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office, Eunice Serrato is 5 feet inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a blue and white shirt, pink jacket, blue jeans and sandals.

She's also said to have tattoos with the words, "3/10/10" on her right middle finger, "love on back" and "vellen" on upper right leg.

Two suspects are believed involved in her disappereance, reported at 9:45 p.m., July 28.

They are Juan Manuel Salazar, 19, and Juan Salazar Sr., who is in custody.

The young Salazar is described as being 5 feet-8-inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes, unknown clothing and possibly wearing eye glasses.

Authorities said he may also have a gun shot wound and should be considered armed and dangerous.

If you have any information about Serrato, please contact the Monterey County Sheriff's Office at 831-385-8312.


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