An Amber Alert has been activated in Oregon for a 14-year old female last seen Dec. 4 getting into a vehicle and believed to be in the company of a 19-year-old male. The Kennewick Police Department believes the female was abducted, is endangered and may be en route to Mexico.
Elizabeth Romero was last seen on Wednesday at 11:15 a.m. as she left Phoenix High School in Kennewick for lunch and got into her boyfriend’s forest green Ford Escape sport utility vehicle with a temporary license tag in the window. She did not return to school and her mother contacted their police department later that afternoon to file a report. On Thursday, the girl’s mother received a text message from an unknown phone number from a person identifying herself as Elizabeth, stating she was headed to Mexico with her boyfriend. The mother asked the person on the phone to send a current photo of her but that was ignored.
A video released Thursday night shows the teen-age girl walking across the high school parking lot and getting into a green SUV. She was wearing a white top and dark pants and was carrying a backpack and pink purse.
Washington state issued an Amber Alert on Thursday at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Romero is described as a Hispanic female, 5’3″, 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing white top and dark pants, and had a backpack and pink purse.
The suspect is identified as Edwardo Flores Rosales, 19, of Kennewick and has family in Oregon. He is described as a Hispanic male, 5’9″, 225 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Information regarding this activation, along with photographs of the suspect, missing female, and suspect’s vehicle are available online.
Kennewick Police Department advises Rosales is wanted for kidnapping and an arrest warrant was issued.
If anyone sees the suspect vehicle in Oregon please call 9-1-1 or Oregon State Police at 1-866-5AMBER5 (1-866-526-2375).
