Statewide AMBER Alert issued for Monterey Co girl

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A statewide AMBER Alert has been issued for a teenager who police say was abducted from the San Ardo area on Saturday, north of Paso Robles on Highway 101.

Investigators say 16-year old Eunice Serrato disappeared after the bodies of two men were discovered in a home last night.

39-year-old Juan Salazar, Sr. and his son 19-year-old Juan Salazar, Jr. have been named persons of interest in the case. Authorities believe all three may be headed to Mexico.

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The California Highway Patrol has issued the following Amber Alert:

ON JULY 28, 2012, AT 09:45 PM, EUNICE SERRATO WAS ABDUCTED FROM SAN ARDO, MONTEREY COUNTY.

EUNICE SERRATO IS A 16 YEAR OLD, HISPANIC, FEMALE, 5 FEET 5 INCHES TALL, 130 POUND, JUVENILE WITH BROWN HAIR, AND BROWN EYES, LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE AND WHITE SHIRT, PINK JACKET, BLUE JEANS AND SANDALS. OTHER VICTIM INFORMATION INCLUDES: TATTOOS: 3/10/10 ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, LOVE ON BACK, VELLEN ON UPPER RIGHT LEG.

SUSPECT #1 IS JUAN MANUAL SALAZAR, JR., A 19 YEAR OLD, HISPANIC, MALE, 5 FEET 8 INCHES TALL, WEIGHING 150 POUNDS, WITH BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, UNKNOWN CLOTHING, POSSIBLY WEARING EYE GLASSES. MAY ALSO HAVE A GUN SHOT WOUND AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

SUSPECT #2 IS JUAN SALAZAR, SR., A 39 YEAR OLD HISPANIC MALE 5 FT. 8 IN. TALL, WEIGHING 150 POUNDS, WITH BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES, UNKNOWN CLOTHING.

THE SUSPECTS WERE LAST SEEN DRIVING A WHITE 4-DOOR ACURA.

IF SEEN CONTACT MONTEREY COUNTY S.O. AT (831) 385-8312.

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