UPDATE - UPDATE: UPDATE: Locating Athena and Mateo are a top priority for the Sacramento Police Department. We will be using every resource we have and working with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to locate these children. Athena and Mateo have been added into the Missing and Unidentified Persons System (MUPS), and this information has been shared by the California Department of Justice. Our investigation has lead us to know that the 2023 Honda Passport entered Mexico. Because of this, criteria for AMBER Alert is not met. We are working with our law enforcement partners and the media to share this information as wide as we can. The Sacramento Police Department has set up a Tip Line for this case. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Athena and Mateo, please contact the Sacramento Police Department at 916-808-0560 or missingpersons@pd.cityofsacramento.org. No matter how small you think the tip may be, it could prove instrumental in helping us locate these missing children.
UPDATE - The investigators in this case worked around the clock to identify and locate the suspects in this senseless murder. Through their tireless work, Sacramento Police patrol officers, K-9, SWAT, Problem Oriented Policing, air unit, and investigations arrested a 15 year-old male and a 16 year-old male in connection to this homicide. They were both booked into Juvenile Hall Wednesday night on robbery and murder charges.
UPDATE - After a thorough investigation by our homicide detectives, on June 20th, the Sacramento Police Department arrested 22-year-old Floyd Smith of Sacramento for murder charges related to this case. This couldn't have been possible without the assistance from our SWAT team, Sacramento County Sheriff's Office's SED team, and the tireless work by our detectives.
UPDATE - Our investigators have been relentless in helping the family in this case find justice. On July 10, Sacramento Police Department arrested 24-year-old Taquez Foster-Worsham of Sacramento. Working in partnership with our state and local law enforcement partners across the state, 28-year-old Jamar Anderson of Sacramento was arrested yesterday in Indio, CA. Both are facing robbery and homicide charges.
UPDATE - During the investigation into this homicide, detectives developed information that 30-year-old Jose Alfredo Cortes was a person of interest. On May 9th, Officers and detectives located Cortes, who had several outstanding unrelated warrants, and took him into custody. Cortes was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail for his outstanding warrants. The homicide case has been forwarded to the DA's office for review.
UPDATE - Detectives in this case have been tirelessly conducting follow-up in this investigation. Today, and with the assistance of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office SED team and our Career Criminal Apprehension Team (CCAT), we announce the arrest of two juvenile males (16 & 17-years-old) for the carjacking that occurred shortly after this shooting. Both suspects were booked at Juvenile Hall for their felony carjacking warrants. The homicide case will be presented to the District Attorney's office for filing.
UPDATE - On April 17, 2024, Sacramento Police Department Detectives were in the City of Oakland conducting follow up on this homicide investigation that occurred in the City of Sacramento. Sacramento Police Detectives requested the assistance of the Oakland Police Department in apprehending the suspect. During that process, Oakland Police Officers were involved in an officer-involved shooting with the suspect. Please see OPD’s News Release - https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/officer-involved-shooting-investigation-5
UPDATE - In our efforts to keep the public safe, our detectives have been relentless in their pursuit of locating the suspect in this murder. On March 3, 2024, 32 year-old Avonte Teasely was arrested for murder in Oakland, CA. Teasley was transported and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on homicide related charges.
UPDATE - Detectives from the Sacramento Police Department have been relentless in searching for the individuals responsible for the murder of the victim in this case. Through their investigation, detectives identified 25-year-old Isaiah James and 25-year-old Ayonna Burgos of Sacramento as the two suspects in this homicide. Thanks to our federal law enforcement partners at the Federal Bureau of Investigations, both suspects were taken into custody today in New York City. Both suspects remain in custody and face extradition to Sacramento for homicide related charges.
UPDATE - During their tireless investigation by our MCIU detectives, investigators identified and arrested 64-year-old Antonio Fragoso of Sacramento for vehicular manslaughter related charges. Fragoso was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail in the evening of January 12, 2024.
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