Baby Girl Found In Dumpster Was Daughter Of Missing Man

BELLFLOWER, CA —A baby girl found dead in a dumpster behind a Bellflower mortuary Monday is 8-month-old Alexia Rose Echeverria, authorities confirmed Tuesday.

She was the daughter of a Northern California man, who remains missing. Authorities are looking for 30-year-old Alexander Echeverria in connection with his daughter's death. The child's family and police had been frantically searching for the pair since they were last seen at about 10:30 p.m. Friday driving in Bellflower. The sheriff's department had said Echeverria suffers from depression and that his family was concerned about his safety and that of the child.

He was last seen driving a gray 2014 VW Jetta, with California license number 7FFT866.

Mortuary staffers made the grisly discovery at about 10:35 a.m. Monday morning in the 10300 block of Alondra Boulevard, Deputy Kimberly Alexander of the Sheriff's Information Bureau said. The baby was found inside the dumpster strapped into her carseat and partially covered by a blanket . She was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of her death was undetermined pending an autopsy, coroner's Investigator Jerry McKibben told City News Service.

Alexander Echeverria is Hispanic, 5 feet 6, about 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts was asked to call the sheriff's department at 323-890-5500 or 911. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.