Background: YouTube screengrab from Colorado Fox affiliate KDVR shows the storage facility where the bodies of two children, Jesus and Yesenia Dominguez, pictured inset, were found encased in concrete.
Police in Colorado are searching for two missing children after authorities found the body of a child encased in concrete at a storage facility and need the public’s help. No arrests have been made as of Friday.
The storage facility, located in Pueblo, was investigated on Jan. 10 after police responded to a call about suspicious activity. Once there, officers located a metal container on site, Pueblo police said Thursday in a Facebook post.
Inside of the container was poured, hardened concrete. An officer who searched it found a child’s remains inside.
The remains have not been identified by a county coroner yet so it is not clear if the remains belong to either of the two missing children that police have now announced a search for: siblings Yesenia Dominguez, 3, and Jesus Dominguez, 5.
Neither of the children has been seen since 2018. If alive today, police remind the public that Jesus Dominguez would be close to 10 years old and his younger sister would be close to 9.
Jesus Dominguez, left. Yesenia Dominguez, right. Police say they were last seen in 2018.
Pueblo Police Chief Franklyn Ortega told Denver Fox affiliate KDVR that the container they found the remains in appeared to be “newer.”
“It seemed odd,” Ortega said.
While an investigation is pending, they have interviewed Jesus and Yesenia Dominguez’s parents, Ortega said. Welfare checks for the children have been described as “unsuccessful.”
“Nobody can account for them. We looked into it further. There’s no missing person report or missing child reports or anything,” the police chief said.
Individuals who may have a tip about the missing children or the remains found at the storage facility on the 600 block of West 6th Street in Pueblo are asked to contact police. Dispatch can be reached at (719) 553-2502. Detective Nicholas Lile can be reached at (719) 601-7751.
To provide an anonymous tip, contact Pueblo Crime Stoppers at (719) 542 — 7867 or visit www.pueblocrimestoppers.com. If information leads to a felony arrest, a cash reward is offered.
