Update: Missing Boy Found

Update Sept. 5, 6:55 a.m.: The search for a missing boy and man he was with ended early this morning in downtown Tampa. Pasco deputies say they found two adult men and two adult women dead a short distance from the child’s home. The investigation continues.

Update Sept. 4, 8 p.m.: An AMBER Alert has been issued for a 4-year-old Hudson boy. Ismael Santisteban is 3 feet, 2 inches tall, has brown hair and eyes, and was last seen at his home on Hatteras Drive in late August. The child may be in the company of Adam Matos, who is described as being 6 feet tall. He weighs about 175 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. Matos, 28, maybe be driving a blue Ford pickup truck.

Santisteban was reported missing Thursday after Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a welfare check at his home and discovered four homicide victims outside, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Melanie Snow said.

Anyone who has seen the child or Matos is asked to call 727-847-5878 or 911.

The investigation into the homicides is ongoing.

Earlier:

Pasco County Sheriff’s Deputies are trying to unravel just what happened inside a home on Hatteras Drive in Hudson.

Deputies conducted a welfare check at the 7719 Hatteras Drive home on Thursday and discovered “multiple bodies,” according Melanie Snow, sheriff’s office spokeswoman. They also found that Ismael Santisteban, 4, was missing from the home. The child was last seen on Aug. 28 when deputies investigated an earlier incident at the home, Snow said.

Few details are available at this time, but Snow said it’s possible the child is with a man named Adam Matos, 28. Matos is known to drive a 1991 blue Ford pickup truck and is a person of interest in both the homicides and the child’s disappearance, Snow said.

Police are circulating a photograph of Matos, but do not have a picture of Santisteban at this time, Snow said. Anyone with information on the whereabouts Matos or the child is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 727-847-8102.

No other details are available at this time.

Stay with Patch for updates as they become available.

Photo Credit: Ismael Santisteban is missing from a Hudson home where deputies found multiple homicide victims Thursday. Photo courtesy of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office