KENDRA LEE and MARIA and JASMINE PINALES- 14, 2 & 1 yo - Hays County/SW Austin TX

An amber alert has been issued for three missing siblings out of Hays County. Hays County Sheriff’s Office said they are looking for 14-year-old Kendra Lee and her two siblings, ages 2 and 16-months-old. Authorities believe the children are in danger because Kendra is not currently taking her medication for a mental illness.
Description of Kendra, Mariana, and Jasmine:
Kendra Nicole Lee AKA Alejandra Rodriguez
14 y/o, Black Female, 5’5”, 125lbs
Brown eyes Brown hair
Last seen wearing White tank top and Blue skirt A warrant has been issued for
Kendra for Kidnapping at this time for taking her two younger sisters.
Mariana Lynn Pinales
1 y/o, Hispanic Female, 2’5”, 30lbs
Brown eyes and Black hair
Last seen wearing Pink faded onesie and a diaper and pink diamond earrings
Jasmine Marie Pinales
2 y/o, Hispanic Female, 2’5”, 40lbs
Brown eyes and Black Hair
Last seen wearing a long-sleeved gray shirt with a heart on the front of the shirt and pull ups

The last known location of the children was at their home
in the 2700 block of Windy Hill Rd, in Kyle on May 20 at 4:30 p.m. The
children’s mother, 36-year-old Lorrie Cantu, left Friday morning for
work and returned home around 11:30 p.m. but all three children were
missing and so was the family’s white Chevy truck.
Kendra was babysitting while Cantu was at work. She came to Austin
thinking her kids might have visited family members in Austin. A
family member was able to locate the truck off of Burton Road in Austin
on Saturday; but the vehicle was abandoned and had run out of gas. The
Austin Police Department was notified and a report was filed with their
agency for the recovered vehicle and the children were entered as
runaways by the Austin Police Department. The mother filed a report
with Hays County late Saturday afternoon. After
a second interview with the mother this afternoon, Hays County
detectives determined that an Amber Alert needed to be activated in
order to locate the children.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/amber-alert-issued-for-three-children

Amber Alert issued for two Kyle children

by KVUE News

Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Updated today at 10:15 PM

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Authorities in Hays County issued an Amber Alert Tuesday evening for two missing Kyle children.

Jasmine Marie Pinales, 2, and her sister, 16-month old Mariana Lynn, were last seen on May 20th at their home in Kyle. Detectives believe their older sister Kendra Nicole Lee, 14, may have taken the children.

Authorities say Kendra has a mental illness and believe the children may be in danger. A kidnapping warrant has been issued for her.

According to authorities in Hays County, Lee was babysitting the children while their mother, Lorrie Cantu was working. When she returned home, she found a white Chevy Truck gone from the driveway and all three missing.

The mother immediately began checking residences in Austin that Kendra, who has a history of running away from home, and the girls may have gone to. She also notified the children's father, who also began to search for the children.

A brother-in-law spotted the truck on Saturday at a residence off of Burton Road in Austin. Austin police were notified and a police report was made.

The mother notified Hays County authorities of the missing children on Saturday afternoon. Hays County detectives determined Tuesday evening that an Amber Alert needed to be issued.

Jasmine Pinales is a two-year-old Hispanic female with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a long-sleeved gray shirt with a heart on the front of the shire and pull ups. Her sister Mariana, who also has black hair and brown eyes, was last seen wearing a pink faded onesie, a diaper and pink diamond earrings.

Kendra is described as a black female, 5'5", 125-pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white tank top and a blue skirt.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Kendra or the Pinales children, please call the Hays County Sheriff's Office at (512)393-7875.


http://www.kvue.com/news/Amber-Alert-issued-for-two-Kyle-children-122545029.html

Amber Alert Still In Effect For 2 Central Texas Girls, Teenage Sister



An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for two missing Central Texas girls who authorities say were kidnapped by their teenage sister.

Amber Alert Update: Two girls found and reunited with family


KYLE, Texas -- "Beyond Missing", a website that helps track missing
children, is reporting that two little girls who went missing with their
14-year-old older sister on May 20th have been found and reunited with
their family as of Wednesday night. Details are still coming in.

The Hays County Sheriff's Office had issued an Amber Alert for three missing children Tuesday.

The
children, Kendra Nicole Lee, also known as Alejandra Rodriguez,
one-year-old Mariana Pinales, and two-year-old Jasmine Pinales were last
seen by their mother around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 20th in Kyle,
Texas, just south of Austin. When their mother returned home from work,
she found their White Chevy Truck missing from the driveway and all
three of the children missing. The truck was recovered after the
mother’s brother in-law spotted it in Austin on Saturday.

Investigators
believed Kendra kidnapped her two younger sisters. They say Kendra has a
mental illness for which she is not currently taking medication, and
authorities believe the children are in danger. Kendra also has a
history of running away.
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Amber-Alert-Update-Two-girls-found-and-reunited/AzMOI85h8EObNG2yAmREhw.cspx