CA CELESTINE STOOT III: Missing from Lake Elsinore, CA - 4 July 2021 - Age 2 *Found Safe*

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Amber Alert issued for missing 2-year-old after mother is slain​

Authorities were searching Tuesday for a missing 2-year-old boy believed to have been taken by his father.

The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert on Monday evening on behalf of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for Celestine Stoot III. The toddler was last seen in Lake Elsinore on Sunday, CHP officials said. The boy was taken by his father, Celestine Stoot Jr., authorities said.

The alert was issued for Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, Imperial and San Diego counties.

The child’s 42-year-old father is wanted in connection with the death of Natasha Denise Barlow, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities identified Barlow, 43, as the boy’s mother but did not release any additional information.


Amber Alert Issued For Missing 2-Year-Old Celestine Stoot In Lake Elsinore; Father Suspected Of Killing Boy’s Mother​

An Amber Alert was issued Monday for a two-year-old boy who is believed to have been abducted by his father in Lake Elsinore. The father is also suspected of killing the boy’s mother.

Stoot Jr. is wanted in the killing of 43-year-old Natasha Denise Barlow, the missing boy’s mother, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed to CBS2 Tuesday.

According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the situation began at about 4 p.m. Monday, when deputies were called to a home in the 17000 block of Hayes Avenue in Lakeland Village, where they found Barlow dead.

They later identified Barlow’s boyfriend, Stoot Jr., as the suspect, and learned that he had fled with Celestine.

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Amber Alert: Family of slain mother plead for her child’s safe return after her killing in Riverside County​

After the killing of a woman and the suspected abduction of her 2-year-old by his biological father, the victim’s family made an impassioned plea to the public to help find the child.

Barlow’s family told KTLA they’re desperate to find the child before something happens to him.

“If you see my nephew or anything, just call the police … just say something,” one of Barlow’s sisters said as they sat together pleading for the child’s return.


Lakeisha Barlow, the victim’s sister, said she called authorities for a welfare check when she couldn’t reach her sister. That’s when she found out she had been fatally shot, according to the family.

The family told KTLA they believe Barlow was shot after an argument.

The victim’s other sister, Genique Stanford, said Barlow leaves behind seven children.

“She has four young children, from 15 to 2 years old, who need their mom and who now don’t have a mom,” Stanford said. “I just hope that they would think about that before they consider helping this person who did this to her. She did not deserve that.”

As of Tuesday morning, officials said the whereabouts of Stoot and his two-year-old son were unknown. The father should be considered armed and dangerous, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
 

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