Daniel Perez is now considered a person of interest and family members have asked him to bring the children home.
Police in Southern California issued an Amber Alert Wednesday night after they found a woman’s body in the trunk of car that belonged to a couple and their four young sons, authorities said.
The Honda Accord belonging to Daniel and Erica Perez and their sons, whose ages range from 6 to 11, was found near a hospital about a half-mile from their home in Montebello, police Capt. Luis Lopez said at a news conference.
Lopez would say only that a dead woman was in the trunk, but would not provide her identity or cause of death, deferring those and other details to the coroner's office. He said Daniel Perez is now considered a person of interest.
The car was found around 5 p.m. about a half mile from their home.
"We are concerned for their safety," Lopez said, when asked about the children.
Investigators told CBS Los Angeles they believed the body is that of Erica Perez.
The family had not been seen since Friday and neither adult had been answering their phone.
The Amber Alert is now being issued for a 2014 black Toyota Camry with California license plate 7FDS891 also connected to the family.
Family members told investigators the couple's marriage was unstable and there was a history of domestic violence, police said.
One relative, Pamela Valdez, pleaded with Daniel Perez not to harm the children, CBS Los Angeles reports.
"Please Daniel, please just drop the kids off," Pamela Valdez, the boy's aunt, said. "They are innocent."
The four sons are Jordan, 11, Jaiden, 9, Tristan, 8, and Alex, 6.
Montebello is about 15 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
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