{"id":95863,"date":"2020-09-08T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T21:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=95863"},"modified":"2020-09-08T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T21:53:46","slug":"reward-reinstated-in-suspicious-disappearance-of-monique-figueroa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/09\/08\/reward-reinstated-in-suspicious-disappearance-of-monique-figueroa\/","title":{"rendered":"Reward reinstated in suspicious disappearance of Monique Figueroa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Monique Figueroa [Facebook photos]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors reinstated a $20,000 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions in the 2015 disappearance of Littlerock mother Monique Figueroa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Kathryn Barger recommended reinstating the reward, which expired on Aug. 16. The motion was approved 5-0 at the Board of Supervisors’ Sept. 1 meeting.<\/p>\n

Monique Figueroa was last seen driving away from her Littlerock home in the 7200 block of East Avenue U-12 around 4 a.m. on May 19, 2015.<\/p>\n

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

Figueroa\u2019s car, a 2004 Mercedes-Benz, was recovered 11 days later in an abandoned shed in Juniper Hills. There was no sign of Figueroa, but authorities said there were signs of foul play inside the car.<\/p>\n

Jeff Figueroa told ABC7 the day after his daughter\u2019s 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, though authorities told \u201cDateline NBC\u201d that his daughter had refused to cooperate in the investigation.<\/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, \u201cHad to leave; love you; be back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Investigators questioned people Figueroa had contact with and checked her cell phone and bank records for clues, but found no trail of cell phone or credit card use following her disappearance.<\/p>\n

Homicide investigators received a tip in 2016 that Figueroa\u2019s remains might be buried off the 11000 block of Pearblossom Highway in Palmdale. But a search by detectives, cadaver scent dogs and coroner\u2019s personnel did not yield results.<\/p>\n

Investigators believe reinstating the reward might encourage witnesses to come forward with information that could help provide closure for Figueroa\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information on disappearance of Monique Figueroa is urged to call LASD\/Cold Case Unit Detective Karen L. Shonka at 323-890-5621 or Crime Stoppers at 800- 222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Reward renewed in 2015 Littlerock disappearance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

County doubles reward in case of missing Littlerock woman<\/em><\/a><\/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

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

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 reinstated a $20,000 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions in the 2015 disappearance of Littlerock mother Monique Figueroa. Supervisor Kathryn Barger recommended reinstating the reward, which expired on Aug. 16. The motion was approved 5-0 at the Board of Supervisors’ Sept. 1 meeting. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84858,"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":[719,1499,1493,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95863"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}