{"id":35180,"date":"2026-06-24T05:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/amber-alert-issued-for-15-year-old-mother-her-child-last-seen-in-converse\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:11:04","slug":"amber-alert-issued-for-15-year-old-mother-her-child-last-seen-in-converse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/amber-alert-issued-for-15-year-old-mother-her-child-last-seen-in-converse\/","title":{"rendered":"AMBER Alert issued for 15-year-old mother, her child last seen in Converse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>CONVERSE, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an AMBER Alert Monday for a teenage mother and her child who were last seen in Converse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Alejandro Vasquez, 1, and Escarleth Vasquez, 15, were last seen at approximately 3 p.m. on May 9 in the 7000 block of Phoenix Path, which is located near Woodlake Parkway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A DPS spokesperson said it \u201crecently\u201d received a request from the Texas Department of Family Services to locate the teenager and infant. After reviewing available information, DPS said its agents determined the mother and child were in \u201cgrave or immediate danger.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Alejandro Vasquez is 2 feet, 10 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Escarleth Vasquez, of Honduras, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie and white sweatpants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The two may be traveling in a red pickup truck, DPS said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Escarleth Vasquez was recently in foster care, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a Tuesday news conference. She abruptly left with a \u201cstrange\u201d note, saying, \u201cI\u2019m leaving. Don\u2019t call the authorities. Send all my stuff back to Honduras.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The sheriff said in the early stages of the case, deputies did not believe an AMBER Alert was necessary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Child Protective Services continued to work on the missing persons case and developed enough information to issue an AMBER Alert, Salazar said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Salazar also mentioned that Alejandro Vasquez\u2019s father is \u201ccurrently incarcerated,\u201d but the sheriff does not know where. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 knsIYg fSvavs article-text\">Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or contact DPS at 210-531-2284. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONVERSE, Texas \u2013 The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an AMBER Alert Monday for a teenage mother and her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/graham-media-group\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto\/c_thumb,w_700\/v1\/media\/video\/ksat\/d9effcda-9a08-4e4d-a9ed-f6fe2b139f9c\/image.jpg?_a=DATAg1iuZAA0","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}