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Missing 1-Year-Old Ansonia Girl Might Be Endangered: Police



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Vanessa Morales was last seen on Monday and they're searching for her in connection with a suspicious death investigation.

Ansonia police said Vanessa was living at a home on Myrtle Avenue. She was not home when police arrived.

Vanessa stands 2'2" tall and weighs 17 pounds.

She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Silver Alert issued for 1-year-old girl in connection with suspicious death investigation
 
From local PD FB page:

Ansonia Police Department
2 hrs ·
PRESS RELEASE

The Ansonia Police Department is attempting to locate a missing one-year old child, Venessa Morales, who may be endangered. Venessa was living in Ansonia on Myrtle Avenue at a residence where there is an active suspicious death investigation, however Venessa was not in the home and we have not been able to locate her. Venessa is a white female with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ansonia Police Department at 203-735-1885.
 
Police say the mother of the 1-year-old girl was found dead around 8:00 p.m. Monday night in her home on Myrtle Avenue.

Family members become concerned when they hadn’t heard from the mother in a couple days. The last time they were seen by family members was on Thanksgiving.

Police did a welfare check and found a deceased woman inside the house, but 1-year-old Vanessa was not in the home and have not been able to locate her.

[...]

Police tell News 8 they are interviewing the father and he is cooperating with detectives.


FBI, state police investigating suspicious death and searching for missing 1-year-old Ansonia child
 
Happening Now: @AnsoniaCTPD are at a home off Myrtle Ave. It appears troopers just took evidence from the home and put it in the back of this police SUV.

@CT_STATE_POLICE Major Crime Squad investigators are also here.

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Carolina Cruz on Twitter
 
#SILVERALERT - Have you seen Venessa Morales?
The one year old is missing from #Ansonia. Her mother was found murdered in their home last night and police say there was no sign of the child at the scene. We’ll have an update from police at 4pm on @NBCConnecticut #NBCCT



LESLIE MAYES NBC on Twitter
 
#Ansonia Police: Possible Amber Alert to be issued in the search for 1 yr. old Vanessa Morales. The body of an adult woman was found in the apartment; her identity is not being released. Police have questioned the father, but no suspect has been named.
WTIC 1080 on Twitter

Updated: Woman's body was found in Ansonia apartment from where 1 yr. old Vanessa Morales is missing. Adult victim's name is not being released. Police are calling her case a homicide. https://wtic.radio.com/articles/news/ansonia-police-search-for-missing-one-year-old
WTIC 1080 on Twitter
 
MISSING CHILD/SUSPICIOUS DEATH UPDATE @AnsoniaCTPD say one-year-old, Venessa Morales, who lives in this Myrtle Ave. home in #Ansonia, is missing. And, a female, who police are not identifying, was found dead inside the home Sunday night. @FOX61News


Tony Terzi on Twitter
 
Ansonia police give update on homicide, missing girl investigation
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Police Chief Andrew Cota III said earlier Tuesday that the woman found dead was Venessa’s mother and that “she did not die of natural causes.”



Ansonia police got a request at 12:56 p.m. Monday for a welfare check at 61/2 Myrtle Ave. for a woman who failed to show up to work or call in sick, police said during a 4 p.m. news conference.

An officer went to the home and tried to make contact, but no one answered the door.


Police said at 7:30 p.m. Monday, a second request for a welfare check at the same address was called in and officers responded to the home. During a quick check of the exterior of the home, officers decided to force entry to get inside.

Police did not say or immediately respond to request for comment about whether there were any indications of forced entry at the home prior to the police arrival.

Once inside the home, officers found the woman’s body.
 
Ansonia police give update on homicide, missing girl investigation

Police said the toddler, Venessa Morales, should have been in the home but was not found in the residence.

Police Chief Andrew Cota III said earlier Tuesday that the woman found dead was Venessa’s mother and that “she did not die of natural causes.”

“This is a two-part investigation — the first part is a homicide investigation, the second is a missing child investigation,” said Lt. Patrick Lynch. “Our main focus at the moment is finding Venessa Morales and making sure she’s safe.”

Detectives contacted family members on both sides of Venessa’s family, including her father.

Lynch said Venessa’s father has been cooperating with the investigation.

The father, Lynch said, occasionally stayed at the home but did not live there. He said Venessa and her mother lived at the home.
 
Press Conference - December 3:
  • Homicide occurred at and Venessa is missing from 6 1/2 Myrtle Avenue, Ansonia, CT.
  • Ansonia Police, CT State Police, Derby Police and the FBI are now investigating.
  • "Engaged all of our resources to investigate this case"
  • Main focus is finding Venessa Morales to make sure she is safe
  • Monday, Dec 2 at approximately 12:56pm, Ansonia Police received a request for a welfare check for a female at 6 1/2 Myrtle Avenue after she failed to show up for work or call in sick. Officer went to residence, tried to make contact, and received no answer at the home.
  • At Approximately 7:30pm, a second request for a welfare check was received for 6 1/2 Myrtle Avenue. Officers were dispatched and "while checking the home, made a decision to force entry." Once inside, a body of a deceased white woman was located.
  • "Information was received that a Venessa Morales, age 1, should have been in the home but there was no one else in the home"
  • Detectives began to interview the father as well as family members from both the mother and father's side
  • FBI joined the investigation to search for the missing child
  • No last clothing description.
  • Best timeline is her being last seen by a relative on Friday evening
  • Death investigation is being handled as a homicide and a positive identification is pending the autopsy
Questions - Lieutenant Lynch answering:
  • Is the father a suspect in this case? - "We have no identified suspects in the case at this time. We are following several leads and tracking those down as we go and making sure we check everyone out"
  • Is the father being cooperative? - "The father has been cooperative. He has been interviewed by us. We are still in the process of gaining information from him."
  • Did the father live in the home? - "Our information is the father occasionally stayed at the home but did not live at the home"
  • Active search going on? - "Members of Ansonia Derby and State Police are out checking different locations that we have been able to glean from information received as part of our investigation"
  • Amber Alert? - "We have had multiple discussions. We are at the point where we are following every lead we have. Once we have exhausted all those leads, we will then look at and probably institute an Amber Alert"
  • Anybody else in the picture? Living in the home? - "Our information is that the mother and child lived in the home"
  • Any reason to believe the public might be in danger? - "We do not believe the public is in danger. We do not believe this was a random act. We believe this is an isolated incident and we are actively pursuing all leads related to it."
  • Can we call it domestic? - "We are not making that determination at this time."
  • Had the police been called to this home before in the past for other issues? - "From our records checks, we have no other calls to the house of any meaning and no other calls with any of the residents we have identified as living there."
  • Is the property an apartment or a house? - "It is a single family house."

  • Thanks @alyssa5597
 
MISSING CHILD/HOMICIDE: Investigators are actively searching for 1 year old Venessa Morales, this comes after a woman was found dead inside an Ansonia home. Police have interviewed the baby’s father and are gathering more information from him. @FOX61News

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Lissette Nuñez on Twitter
 
Ansonia command post set up to find mom’s killer, baby
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ANSONIA - Two days after a mother’s body was found in a Myrtle Street house and her 1-year-old daughter missing, a unified command post has been set up at the Ansonia Armory on State Street.

Investigators are looking at the woman’s death as a homicide, but would not officially release her name, pending positive identification by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Wednesday.

Police said the toddler, Venessa Morales, should have been in the home but was not found in the residence.
 
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