{"id":2397235,"date":"2025-01-30T21:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-found-dead-two-young-daughters-recovered-after-amber-alert-issued\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:17:35","slug":"mom-found-dead-two-young-daughters-recovered-after-amber-alert-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mom-found-dead-two-young-daughters-recovered-after-amber-alert-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom Found Dead, Two Young Daughters Recovered After Amber Alert Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmom-found-dead-two-young-daughters-recovered-after-amber-alert-issued%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397235&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u200c Hanford, California, \u2064two young girls \u2062aged 2 and 3 were recovered \u200cafter their mother, Madeline rose \u200cCuevas, \u2063was \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cori-bush-says-she-will-pay-private-security-but-defunding-the-police-has-to-happen\/\" title=\"Cori Bush Says She Will Pay Private Security, But \u2018Defunding The Police Has To Happen\u2019\">found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-records-largest-number-of-january-homicides-in-four-years\/\" title=\"Chicago Records Largest Number Of January Homicides In Four Years\">shot dead<\/a><\/a> at her home. Her father reported her missing when he\u200c hadn&#8217;t heard from her.Upon arrival, police discovered Cuevas&#8217;s body but coudl not\u200b initially locate her \u200ddaughters. \u200cThe \u2062girls&#8217; father, Jonathan alexis Maldonado-Cruz, emerged as the prime suspect and was believed to have abducted the\u200b children and fled to Mexico. Although police issued an Amber Alert\u2063 the following morning, the girls\u200b were found safe later on, and Maldonado-cruz was arrested. Cuevas was described \u2064as a supervisor \u200cat \u200cCostco,\u200c and \u2064she would \u200bhave turned 23 on Valentine&#8217;s Day.\u200b The circumstances surrounding\u200b her death \u200dand the abduction\u2062 remain under investigation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Police have recovered two kidnapped girls whose mother was shot dead at a residence in Hanford, California, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier that day, the woman&rsquo;s father &mdash; who lived down the street &mdash; had called police after he hadn&rsquo;t heard from her.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrived at the home and found 22-year-old Madeline Rose Cuevas dead, and her two daughters absent, according to a Kings County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KingsCoSheriffsOffice\/posts\/pfbid026rP43wNoHU52ZpgoGj4W4GT54FyD7Qz9b9UL26hEiz8qm5ZfGdKGvzMDWPxwjcsUl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The girls were just 2 and 3 years old.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bodycam-footage-democratic-lawmaker-shouts-police-officer-traffic-stop-says-literally-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> eventually identified the suspect as Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, the toddlers&rsquo; father, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/2-kings-county-kids-found-alive-father-accused-killing-mother-custody-officials-say\/15849441\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to KFSN-TV<\/a> in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">KCSO Press Release &ndash; Homicide Investigation<\/p>\n<p>** See Photos for Details ** <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FStCedhJSx\">pic.twitter.com\/FStCedhJSx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kings County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office (@KingsCoSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingsCoSheriff\/status\/1884491102486716554?\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an update to its original post, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">sheriff&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office said that Maldonado-Cruz was believed to have fled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mexico-travel-2025-guide-discovering-real-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a> with the children.<\/p>\n<p>Police alerted the media that same night, but an Amber Alert was not issued until late the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>Early Wednesday afternoon, however, the Kings County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office announced that the two girls had been found, and that Maldonado-Cruz had been taken into custody.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE ON HOMICIDE &amp; KIDNAPPING CASE<\/p>\n<p>The KCSO Detective Unit, with the assistance of our State and Federal law enforcement partners, have located Alana and Arya Maldonado safe and have taken Jonathan Maldonado-Cruz into custody. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fxnTD5BnXs\">pic.twitter.com\/fxnTD5BnXs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kings County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office (@KingsCoSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingsCoSheriff\/status\/1885056993737793882?\">January 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;UPDATE ON <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-turn-case-man-thought-brutally-killed-bear-now-investigated-homicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOMICIDE<\/a> &amp; KIDNAPPING CASE: The KCSO Detective Unit, with the assistance of our State and Federal law enforcement partners, have located [the children] safe and have taken Jonathan Maldonado-Cruz into custody,&rdquo; the Kings County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KingsCoSheriff\/status\/1885056993737793882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FOUND: The Kings County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office Detective Unit has found the missing girls after they were allegedly abducted by their father following the discovery of their mother&rsquo;s body in a Hanford home. The father, Jonathan Maldonado, was taken into custody. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHD2zUuvPR\">https:\/\/t.co\/mHD2zUuvPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BakersfieldNow (@bakersfieldnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bakersfieldnow\/status\/1885054592804659429?\">January 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>KCSO did not provide details as to where they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tom-homan-trump-mount-daring-rescue-300000-missing-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recovered the children<\/a> and arrested Maldonado-Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>As for the deceased mother, Cuevas, she would have been 23 years old on Valentine&rsquo;s Day, according to KFSN.<\/p>\n<p>Her father said she was a supervisor at Costco and had recently purchased a home.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Earlier that day, the woman&#8217;s father, who lived nearby, contacted authorities when he hadn&#8217;t heard from her. When deputies arrived, they discovered 22-year-old Madeline Rose Cuevas deceased and her two daughters missing. The children are aged 2 and 3 years old. Authorities later identified the suspect as Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, the girls&#8217; father<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dad-arrested-kids-found.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49535,33402,37077,33705,38823],"class_list":["post-2397235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amber-alert","tag-child-safety","tag-family-tragedy","tag-missing-persons","tag-true-crime"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dad-arrested-kids-found.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397239,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397235\/revisions\/2397239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}