Authorities issued an Amber Alert after a Hanford woman was found shot to death and the suspect, Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, 23, of Hanford, fled with their two young children. (Amber Alert)
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Update: The children have been found.
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Authorities in Kings County have issued an Amber Alert for two young children after deputies discovered their mother dead from a gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon, the Kings County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
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Deputies responded around 4 p.m. to a welfare check at a home near Orchard Drive and 4th Place in Hanford, where they found the woman dead.
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Detectives identified Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, 23, of Hanford, as the suspect.
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Investigators believe Maldonado-Cruz left the home around 1 a.m. Tuesday with his two children, ages 2 and 3, in a gray 2020 Hyundai Elantra with California license plate 8LZD084.
With assistance from the California Highway Patrol, authorities issued an Amber Alert in an effort to locate the children.
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Anyone with information on the case or the whereabouts of Maldonado-Cruz and the children is urged to contact detective Tyler Haener at (559) 670-9320 or (559) 852-2818, or Kings County Sheriff’s Dispatch at (559) 852-2720. Anonymous tips can be provided at (559) 852-4554.
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