Sophia Alaniz: Authorities Looking for Missing Plainview Woman
Sophia Alanizm is missing and family fears that maybe she has been abducted by previous acquaintance.
More than 24 hours after Sophia Alaniz’s disappearance, her family passed out 500 missing person posters around Plainview and Lubbock. Barbara Croswell did not think she would be passing out information about her missing cousin.
“I know she left him a couple of weeks ago and was staying with a good friend. He found out where she was,” said Barbara.
Marcus Barrios dated Sophia for six months. She left him when she found out his sorted past. “The last run-in was a stalking charge. He had a history of assaults against ex-girlfriends,” said Constable Mark Mull.
Hale County Crime stoppers is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information leading to Barrio’s arrest. The two were last seen driving away in a 2002 Chevy Malibu like this one with the license plate number H17-ZRJ .
The car also has a Longhorn sticker on the back window. If you have any information, call the Texas Rangers at (806) 296-2724. Because of Barrios’s history of violence and gang relations, Hale County called the Texas Rangers and the U.S. Marshals to assist.
Update: Lubbock Police Find Missing Plainview Woman
A Plainview woman is safe and her accused kidnapper behind bars. Lubbock Police found Sophia Anne Alaniz and Marcus Edward Barrios at a Central Lubbock apartment complex, early Wednesday morning.
Hale County authorities had been searching for the two since Monday when Barrios allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend from a home in Plainview.
Update: Lubbock PD arrests kidnapping suspect
Police arrested suspected kidnapper Marcos Edward Barrios Tuesday night after leads led officials to his Lubbock apartment.
Lubbock police found Barrios and 35-year-old Sophia Anne Alaniz, who Barrios allegedly kidnapped Tuesday morning in Plainview, at about 11 p.m. Tuesday outside of the Hickory Tree Apartments located at 1629 16th St.
Barrios, who police named as a suspect in the abduction following tips from witnesses, was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant.
Witnesses claimed Barrios lured Alaniz from a house located in the 200 block of southeast Sixth Street, just outside Plainview city limits, at about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, Hale County Sheriff’s deputies said.
Barrios allegedly forced Alaniz into a gray 2000 Chevrolet Malibu and drove east on Texas 194, Lubbock police said.