Suspects Arrested in Kidnapping Murder of Newborn Girl

Multiple suspects were arrested in connection with the kidnapping and death of a 3-week-old Long Beach girl whose body was found in a San Diego County trash bin, police said today.

Eliza De La Cruz was abducted Jan. 3 after several members of her family were shot in the Long Beach area. Her body was found the following day.

Long Beach police were expected to release details of the arrests at a late-afternoon news conference.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday renewed a $25,000 reward being offered for information leading to the capture and conviction of the assailants.

Eliza’s abduction, and the shootings of her parents and uncle in northern Long Beach, occurred about 5:50 p.m. Jan. 3 at the family’s home in the 100 block of West 51st Street. The infant’s body was found the following afternoon in a trash bin at a commercial strip mall in Imperial Beach.

Her family members survived the shooting.

Police said Eliza’s mother was walking home with her infant daughter from a bus stop at Del Amo and Long Beach boulevards, about 90 minutes before the shooting, when a woman in a black SUV pulled up next to them and asked about her baby.

“After a brief verbal exchange, the victim walked home,” police said. “Later that day, a male suspect ... forced his way into the victim’s home, shooting three adults and kidnapping baby Eliza.”

Long Beach police previously released composite drawings of the woman and the gunman, as well as security video showing the SUV -- possibly a 2006 to 2011 Range Rover -- following the victims’ bus.

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