Carlos Alvarez
Real Name: Carlos Alvarez Aguilar
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: Downey, California
Date: February 3, 1988
Bio[]
Occupation: Minor
Date of Birth: August 8, 1984
Height: 3'0"
Weight: 40 lbs.
Marital Status: Single
Characteristics: Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes.
Case[]
Details: Three-year-old Carlos Alvarez is the son of Yolanda Aguilar and Carlos Alvarez Vasquez. When Yolanda was fifteen, she married Carlos as a part of a family agreement. His family had rights to any offspring, while hers received $7,000. When he died in 1984, his took Carlos from Miami, Florida to Texas and then to Alhambra, California. Yolanda tracked them down and was allowed to see Carlos periodically until she abducted him. His uncle, Jorge Alvarez Vasquez, and grandfather, Ricardo Alvarez Fuentes, initially told police that his babysitter, "Eneida Cruz-Rivera", had abducted him and taken his birth certificate and passport. Investigators soon discovered that he had actually been taken by Yolanda; Jorge and Ricardo were charged with filing a false report. Yolanda was not charged with any crime.
On February 3, 1988, Carlos and Yolanda were walking along a street in Downey, California, when they were forced into a rented U-Haul truck. It, which had been rented earlier in the day in East Los Angeles, was found abandoned minutes later about a mile away. Yolanda was found locked in the back, unharmed. However, Carlos and his abductors were nowhere to be found. It is believed that his father's family was involved in the abduction. Two of his abductors have since been identified as his uncle, Jose Alvarez, and Jose's friend, Juan Cristo.
Carlos' father's family has been known to live in Mexico, Bolivia, and Venezuela. It is possible that he was taken to one of these countries.
Suspects: Jose Alvarez and Juan Cristo
Extra Notes: This case first aired as a part of a missing persons special alert on the October 25, 1989 episode along with those of Julie Weflen, Stefanie Stroh, Kyle Clinkscales, Diana Braungardt, David Tyll and Brian Ognjan, John Simmons, Lily Mae Huff, David Thies, and Susan Cappel.
- It was excluded from the FilmRise relase of the Robert Stack episodes.
Results: Unsolved. As of a December 1993 article, Carlos remains missing. However, there are no missing person websites that have him profiled on them, so it is possible that he has since been found.
Links:
- Carlos Alvarez Missing Poster
- Mother Will Not Be Prosecuted for Abducting Her Son - November 19, 1987
- "Sold" Mother Will Keep Abducted Son in Probe of Family - November 19, 1987
- Boy abducted in custody battle - February 5, 1988
- Boy, 3, Kidnapped Again - February 6, 1988
- California's Missing Children - December 11, 1993