Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Amber Alert has been issued For the suspect to abduct Childrens
San Diego County
sheriff's officials say the bodies of a woman and child have been found inside
a burned house, and a man is suspected of killing the woman and abducting one
or both of her children.
Sheriff's
investigators said in a statement Monday night that the body of 44-year-old
Christina Anderson was found Sunday night in the unincorporated community of
Lakeside. In the burned garage was the body of a child whose identity and
manner of death remain undetermined.
The suspect is
the house's owner, 40-year-old James DiMaggio. Authorities say he was in a
close platonic relationship with Anderson.
Officials say
Anderson's 16-year-old daughter Hannah and 8-year-old son Ethan are missing,
and it is believed Anderson may have abducted them.
Authorities
believe either one or both of the children were abducted and are in danger, and
they are working nonstop to find them, sheriff’s homicide Lt. Glenn
Giannantonio said. The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
DiMaggio is
suspected of killing the children's mother, Christina Anderson, 44, of
Lakeside, and setting a fire Sunday night at his Boulevard residence, the
lieutenant said. It was not disclosed whether Anderson was killed by the fire
or other means. Remains of burned weapons were found in the house, Giannantonio
said.
DiMaggio and
Anderson were described as being close platonic friends and were not believed
to be involved in a romantic relationship, the lieutenant said.
Because of the
ongoing investigation, he said he could not speak to a possible motive in the
killing
Firefighters
found Anderson’s body when they responded shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday to a
blaze at the house and detached garage on Ross Avenue, south of Old Highway 80.
Authorities
also found a dog that had been killed in the structure where Anderson’s body
was discovered, Giannantonio said.
DiMaggio
and the children may be in a blue four-door Nissan Versa, with California
license plate 6WCU986, authorities said.
Giannantonio
said it was unknown whether they were still in San Diego County, where DiMaggio
has family.
The
lieutenant said he could not discuss whether DiMaggio had a criminal history or
whether he was employed.
He
said the children were reported missing Sunday by their maternal grandparents,
who are believed to live in San Diego County.
Hannah
is described as white, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 115 pounds, with blond hair, blue
eyes, a belly button ring, nose stud and pierced ears. Ethan is described as
white, 4 feet 11 inches tall, 65 pounds, with sandy blond hair.
DiMaggio
is described as white, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair and
brown eyes. He may have shaved off a mustache an
An Amber Alert has been issued for DiMaggio's blue Nissan
Versa.
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