{"id":73140,"date":"2016-08-16T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T00:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=73140"},"modified":"2019-01-24T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:28:27","slug":"county-doubles-reward-in-case-of-missing-littlerock-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/08\/16\/county-doubles-reward-in-case-of-missing-littlerock-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"County doubles reward in case of missing Littlerock woman"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Monique
Monique Figueroa, the 28-year-old mother of a 2-year-old daughter, was last seen driving away from her home in the 7200 block of East Avenue U-12 around 4 a.m. on May 19, 2015, according to the Sheriff’s Department. Her car, a 2004 Mercedes-Benz, was recovered 12 days later in an abandoned shed in Juniper Hills.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to double a reward — to $20,000 — for information that helps locate a Littlerock mother who went missing more than a year ago and is presumed dead.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Don Knabe recommended upping the reward, which had been set to expire Aug. 28.<\/p>\n

Monique Figueroa<\/b>, the 28-year-old mother of a 2-year-old daughter, was last seen driving away from her home in the 7200 block of East Avenue U-12 around 4 a.m. on May 19, 2015, according to the Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\n

Her car, a 2004 Mercedes-Benz, was recovered 12 days later in an abandoned shed in Juniper Hills. There was no sign of Monique, but there were signs of foul play inside the car, according to Deputy Lillian Peck.<\/p>\n

Monique had left her 2-year-old daughter in the care of her family, who reported her missing several days after she left home.<\/p>\n

Jeff Figueroa told ABC7 the day after his daughter’s car was found that her boyfriend had been recently arrested in a murder case and she was known to hang out with gang members. He said he believed some of those acquaintances feared she would become a witness against them.<\/p>\n

Her father begged her captors to free her and told the station that he received a text from his daughter the day after she vanished, saying, “Had to leave; love you; be back soon.”<\/p>\n

Investigators questioned people Monique had contact with and checked her cell phone and bank records for clues. But Knabe said there was no trail of cell phone or credit card use following her disappearance.<\/p>\n

Homicide investigators received a tip earlier this year that Monique’s remains might be buried off the 11000 block of Pearblossom Highway in Palmdale. But a search by detectives, cadaver scent dogs and coroner’s personnel did not yield results, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Knabe asked anyone with more information to call sheriff’s Detective Karen Shonka at 323-890-5621, or Detective Wayne Holston at 323-574-2437.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Littlerock woman missing since 2015, detectives seeking public\u2019s assistance<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

$10K reward offered for info on missing Littlerock mother<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Vigil planned for missing Littlerock woman<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Family of missing woman reaches out to community to fund private investigation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Family holds vigil for missing Littlerock woman after vehicle found abandoned<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Local man missing from Hermosa Beach<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Foul play suspected in woman\u2019s disappearance, public\u2019s help sought<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to double a reward — to $20,000 — for information that helps locate a Littlerock mother who went missing more than a year ago and is presumed dead. Supervisor Don Knabe recommended upping the reward, which had been set to expire Aug. 28. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":73141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1493],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}