3 Year Old Isaiah Vargas Kidnapped in Mesa, AZ (UPDATE: Found Deceased)
3 year old Isaiah Vargas from Mesa, AZ has been kidnapped from the parking lot of his apartment complex near McKellips Road and Mesa Drive on Thursday around 9:45 p.m. Three African-American men are believed to be involved in the kidnapping. The suspects got out of a green VW Jetta.
No Amber Alert has been issued by the police as they claim that this case does not meet all the requirements. This is something that we will never understand why children are put at risk and exclusions are put on Ambers. One would think this is about the safety of children. Police are stating that the boy is missing and in danger.
(Isaiah Vargas & Suspect rendering)
The parents of a 3-year-old boy kidnapped from the parking lot of his apartment complex made a tearful plea Friday.
“I just want him to come home, that’s it,” said Tyrece Young, Isaiah Vargas’s father. (KPKO)
Description:
- Isaiah is 3 feet tall
- weighs 29 pounds
- He has brown hair, brown eyes and a slight scar on his right forehead
- He was last seen wearing blue jeans a red jersey with an unknown number on the front and “FUBU” on the back.
Police searching for kidnapped 3-year-old
His father told police a dark green Volkswagon Jetta pulled into the parking lot. Two men got out. They starting hitting one of Isaiah’s family members and then took the boy.
Arizona Police Search for 3-Year-Old Abducted Boy
Isaiah’s father told police that a family acquaintance had just arrived at the complex with his son inside the vehicle when a dark green Volkswagen Jetta pulled up next to it.
The father said two black males assaulted the family acquaintance, grabbed Isaiah and took off n the Jetta, which was driven by a third person. Police said in a press release that the gender and physical description of the driver is unknown. The Jetta drove off in an unknown direction. (Fox News)
Anyone with any information is urged to call the Mesa Police Department at 480-644-2211.
UPDATE I: Mesa boy found dead; father’s fiancée admits role
A 3-year-old boy missing since Thursday night was found dead early today along a north Mesa canal, and his father’s fiancée admitted a role in the murder, Mesa police said.
Isaiah Vargas’ body was found near Stapley and McKellips roads three days after he was reported kidnapped from the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex by his father’s fiancée, Heather Miller.
The cause of death was not released, and police said it does not appear Isaiah’s family was involved. (AZ Central)