ANTHONY CEJA-DIAZ 1 Month - Merced, california (USA) - 04/04/10

ANTHONY CEJA-DIAZ

Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Oct 10, 2010
Sex: Male
Missing Date: Dec 2, 2010
Age Now: 1 Month(s)
Missing City: MERCED
Missing State : CA
Missing Country: United States
Race: White
Height: 1'7" (48 cm)
Weight: 7 lbs (3 kg)
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black

Case Number: NCMC1161260

Circumstances: On Thursday, December 2, 2010, during the morning hours Ana Diaz Deceja and her two month old son, Anthony Ceja-Diaz went missing from their home in the 1500 block of Plainsburg Road, in the township of Planada, Merced County, California. The circumstances of their disappearance appear very suspicious.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&LanguageCountry=en_US&searchLang=en_US&caseLang=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=1161260&seqNum=1

KMPH Fox 26

4 December 2010

Merced Sheriff's Deputies Looking For Missing Mother & Son‎

The Merced County Sheriffs Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing woman and her infant son.

Deputies took the missing person's report Thursday night in the 1500 block of Plainsburg road in Planada.

26-year-old Ana Lila Diaz DeCeja and her infant son, two-month-old Anthony Ceja-Diaz, were last seen Thursday.

Ana DeCeja is described as 5'6", weighing 160 pounds with black hair, brown eyes and has a mole on her upper right lip.

Anthony Ceja-Diaz is 20", weighs 7lbs. 3 oz, with black hair and brown eyes.

Deputies said witnesses last saw the mother getting into her blue 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche. The vehicle's California license plate is 7J73455. The vehicle is also missing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Merced Sheriff's Office Detective Division at (209) 385-7472.

http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=13614996

ABC 30

4 December 2010

Merced County mother and newborn son are missing‎

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7824134

Turlock Journal

7 December 2010

[b]Burned body identified as missing Planada woman[/b
]Baby found left on doorstep

The charred human remains found in a Snelling orchard Thursday were positively identified Tuesday as that of a missing Planada woman. Also on Tuesday an infant baby boy was found on a door step in Le Grand and the Merced County Sheriff’s Department is trying to determine if it is the woman’s missing 2-month-old son.

The sheriff’s department identified the homicide victim as that of 26-year-old Ana Lila Diaz DeCeja. Sheriff spokesman Deputy Tom MacKenzie said the identification was made through dental records. A cause of death has not been determined and investigators are awaiting the results of a toxicology test.

DeCeja was last seen Thursday morning with her 2-month-old son Anthony Ceja-Diaz.

On Tuesday, a Le Grand resident discovered a crying baby left on a neighbor’s doorstep.

The baby was found in the 4000 block of Fresno Road in Le Grand.

The Le Grand man was leaving his home around 6:30 a.m. when he heard the distinct cries of a baby coming from his next door neighbor’s house.

The man went over to investigate and found an infant wrapped in a blanket and wedged between the front door and the security screen, MacKenzie said.

The man woke the residents of the house and they contacted the sheriff’s department.

“The homeowner has no idea who the child is or why anyone would leave the child there,” MacKenzie said.

The infant was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Merced for treatment of exposure. The baby is recovering in the hospital, MacKenzie said.

Investigators are working to identify the child by comparing footprints of Anthony’s and conducting a DNA test with family members.

http://www.turlockjournal.com/news/article/6953/

Modesto Bee

8 December 2010

Body in Snelling orchard is ID'd as missing mother‎
Baby found Tuesday on Le Grand doorstep may be her infant son

A missing Planada woman was identified Tuesday as the murder victim whose badly burned body was found last week in an almond orchard near Snelling, according to the Merced County Sheriff's Department.

Her infant son, who also had been reported missing, may have been found Tuesday. Left on the doorstep of a Le Grand home, the child is being treated at a hospital while authorities try to verify his identity.

Investigators used dental records to identify Ana Lila Diaz DeCeja, 26, who had been reported missing last week from Planada along with her 2-month-old son, Anthony Ceja-Diaz.

http://www.modbee.com/2010/12/07/1462356/body-is-idd-as-missing-mother.html

CBS 47

8 December 2010

North Valley Family Searches for Answers After Killing‎

Funeral arrangements are being finalized for a 26-year-old woman whose body was found badly burned in an almond orchard near Snelling last week.

The remains of 26-year-old Ana Diaz DeCeja were found on the same day she and her son were reported missing.

Investigators are still waiting for DNA results to confirm if a baby boy found on the doorstep of a home in Le Grand is indeed 2-month-old Anthony Ceja Diaz.

http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Family-Searching-for-Answers-After-Killing/wC1XivQG2UiD1Pe_SsJlKw.cspx

Sacramento Bee

9 December 2010

Merced Sheriff's Department: Couple tried to sell baby boy‎
Car seat links Ceja-Diaz infant to one peddled by man and woman.

A couple seeking to sell a baby may be tied to an ongoing case of a missing mother and her baby, the Merced County Sheriff's Department's Major Crimes Division said Thursday.

Ana Lila Diaz DeCeja and her 2-month-old son, Anthony Ceja-Diaz, disappeared Dec. 2 from her home in the 1500 block of Plainsburg Road.

The first clue to possible baby theft came when a couple walking a path along Bear Creek and Parsons Avenue on Friday found a baby car seat.

Earlier that day, authorities had found the missing Chevrolet Avalanche with the baby car seat missing, but the base was still attached.

A witness has since reported that early Friday, near 27th Street and Midge Avenue, a man and a woman carrying a baby in a car seat asked if the individual "wanted to buy a baby," according to deputy Tom MacKenzie, sheriff's spokesman.

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/09/3246531/merced-sheriffs-department-couple.html

ABC 30

9 December 2010

Couple may have tried to sell baby boy in Merced‎

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7835127

CBS 47

10 December 2010

Witness Says Couple Tried to Sell Baby‎

http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Witness-Says-Couple-Tried-to-Sell-Baby/_kHvyxHxA0aIyfLEbLt3CQ.cspx

Sacramento Bee

15 December 2010

2 arrested in deathof Planada woman‎

A husband and wife were arrested Wednesday night in connection with the killing of Ana Lila Diaz DeCeja, whose burned body was found in an orchard northwest of Snelling on Dec. 2, the Merced County Sheriff's Department said.

DeCeja and her 2-month-old son, Anthony Ceja-Diaz, disappeared Dec. 2 from her Planada home in the 1500 block of Plainsburg Road.

Sheriff's deputies arrested Teresa Ceja Robles, 33, and Jose Augustine Velarde, 37, of Planada at their home on Market Street.

More details are scheduled to be released today during a news conference set for 11 a.m. today at the sheriff's office.

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/15/3261681/2-arrested-in-deathof-planada.html

Sacramento Bee

16 December 2010

Arrests made in mom's slaying‎
Planada pair held; woman's body was found in Snelling orchard

.... On Dec. 7, the same day DeCeja's body was identified, an unidentified baby boy was found about 6:30 a.m. in the 4000 block of Fresno Street in Le Grand.

The baby was on the doorstep of a house, wrapped in a blanket. He was taken to Mercy Medical Center where he was treated for exposure.

Although the baby is said to resemble Anthony Ceja-Diaz, his identity hasn't been confirmed by the sheriff. Child Protective Services has custody of the infant.

When DeCeja disappeared, she had told family members she was going to a health clinic, but never returned home. DeCeja's husband reported her missing that night.

The cause of death is expected to be released today during the press conference. MacKenzie said, however, that the autopsy did show there was no indication DeCeja was alive when her body was burned.

"At least she was unresponsive when she was set on fire," he added.

If anyone has any information, call the Merced County Sheriff's Department at (209) 385-7472.

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/16/3261786/arrests-made-in-moms-slaying.html

Merced Sun-Star

16 December 2010

Merced sheriff: Couple intended to keep stolen baby of murdered woman‎

Report contains video of police new conference

The man and woman arrested Wednesday night in the murder of Ana Lila Diaz DeCeja intended to keep the woman's stolen baby as their own, Merced Sheriff Mark Pazin said at a Thursday press conference.

DeCeja was strangled to death on Dec. 2 and her body was taken to a Snelling orchard, where it was burned beyond recognition. DeCeja's 2-month-old son, Anthony Ceja-Diaz, was reported missing, but was found a few days later on the doorstep of a Le Grand home.

Based on a tip, the sheriff's department arrested husband and wife Teresa Ceja Robles, 33, and Jose Augustine Velarde, 37, of Planada, at their home Wednesday night.


The couple admitted to killing DeCeja and stealing the baby, Pazin said.

Pazin said Robles and Velarde met Ceja-Diaz at a health clinic in Planada. Robles had recently suffered a miscarriage and made plans with her husband to steal the baby.

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/12/16/1696015/merced-sheriff-couple-intended.html

Some snippets from the press conference!

Merced Sheriff Mark Pazin during the press conference said that the female suspect Teresa Ceja Robles already had 3 children of her own aged 13, 11, and 8 years old!! The male suspect, Jose Augustine Velarde was their stepfather! The couple had brought baby Anthony Ceja-Diaz home and told the three siblings that their mother had just given birth to a baby boy, their new brother!!

They paniced when the media got hold of the story and they abandoned baby Anthony, Luckily he was heard crying and was taken in and cared for until the authorities arrived!! His core temperature at the time he was found was very low and it would only have been a matter of time until he died!!!

The couple told the other children that the baby had taken ill and had been admitted to hospital with the plan to tell them he had died a few days later!!!

Baby Anthony is still in the care of Child Protection Services and will remain there until DNA results come back in the next week, He will then be reunited with is father!!! Police are sure the child is Baby Anthony but they have to complete this task before handing him back to his family!!! Police are also sure that Baby Anthony's father had no involvement in the crime!!

The 3 children of Teresa Ceja Robles are also in the care of Child protection services!!!!