Girl, 17, Wanted For Infant’s Death: Hillsborough County Sheriff

TAMPA, FL — Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect in the death of a 6-month-old child earlier this year, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.

Sandra Jimenez Lopez, 17, the infant’s caretaker, is wanted for child neglect with great bodily harm after the death was ruled a homicide, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies found the child unresponsive after responding to a 911 call near E. 138th Avenue on Feb. 3.

Lopez, also known as Maria Jimenez Jimenez, was last seen in Las Vegas.

Anyone with information is asked to contact HCSO at 813-247-8200.