A massive manhunt is underway in Northern California for a 38-year-old man and his 14-year-old daughter following the shocking discovery of a newborn’s body on a rural roadside. The disturbing case has horrified the local community and left detectives racing to find the missing teenager, whom authorities say is both a suspect and a potential victim of severe, ongoing abuse.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the investigation began at around 8:30 a.m. when emergency medical personnel, firefighters, and Monterey County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report in a rural agricultural area. Near a strawberry field along the 100 block of Struve Road, just north of Moss Landing, authorities discovered the body of a newborn infant.