SAN DIEGO (AP) — 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.
An Amber Alert has been issued for DiMaggio’s blue Nissan Versa.
Man suspected of killing woman, taking kids