A $10,000 reward is being offered in an effort to help authorities locate an Antelope Valley mother who has been missing for more than a year, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.
Monique Figueroa, 27, went missing on May. 19, 2015, according to Sheriff’s homicide detectives.
Detectives believe Figueroa was killed and recently received a tip that her remains might be buried off the 11000 block of Pearblossom Highway in Palmdale, the department said.
http://liarcatchers.com/missing_persons_investigations.html
Cadaver dogs and Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner personnel checked the area but did not find any remains.
The day she vanished, Figueroa drove from her home in her black 2004 Mercedes Benz to an unknown location. The car was found on May 30, 2015 in an abandoned shed in Juniper Hills.
“There was no sign of Monique, but there were signs of foul play inside the vehicle,” the department said in a statement.
When Figueroa drove off, she left her two-year-old daughter in the care of her family.
They became worried when they did not hear from her for several days and filed a missing person’s report. Based on that and evidence from her car, the case was assigned to the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.
The family is asking for the public’s help in solving this case and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is putting up the reward, the department said.
Figueroa is five feet, three inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds. She has shoulder length brown hair and hazel eyes.
Detectives said they do not know what type of clothing she was wearing.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives Karen Shonka or Wayne Holston at 323-890-5500.
Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
