Police served a search warrant while assisting Hayward authorities with missing child Sophia Mason. It was not clear whether the body is Sophia's.
Merced police found the body of an adolescent girl Friday afternoon while serving a search warrant at a home believed to be connected to the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl, according to authorities.
Hayward police reached out to Merced police Friday to ask for help in an investigation into the whereabouts of 8-year-old Sophia Mason, according to information provided by both departments. Investigators don’t yet know whether the body is Sophia’s and hope to make an identification within a couple of days, said Lt. Joey Perez, a Merced police spokesman.
Sophia, of Merced, was last seen by family in December and was reported missing to Hayward police on Tuesday, authorities said.The girl was believed to be with her mother, 30-year-old Samantha Johnson, who was arrested Thursday by Hayward police and booked into Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County on suspicion of obstruction and child abuse, according to authorities and jail records.
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