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Family: Arrest warrant issued for stepson of woman found buried in Tijuana backyard

Posted at 10:33 PM, Mar 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-04 08:51:57-05

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) -- A South Bay family who discovered the body of their loved one buried in a backyard in Tijuana tells 10News there's now an arrest warrant for that woman's stepson.

Fernanda Gonzalez went missing in Tijuana on February 2nd. Her sister, Erika Gonzalez, tells 10News Tijuana authorities issued the warrant for 20-year-old Aaron Seth Juarez wanted in connection with his stepmom's murder.

The family's attorney, Jesus Rodolfo Cruz, tells 10News Fernanda's Jeep Grand Cherokee is still missing. The Jeep has California plates that read 6VXP431.

Gonzalez first reported her sister missing in early February and posted on social media asking for help finding her.

Gonzalez tells 10News each post had thousands of shares before she got a phone call that changed the course of the search, "somebody call me and said to keep looking for my sister because she was already dead and in the back of her yard".

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After getting two calls saying the same thing, Gonzalez and her father went to Fernanda's home in Tijuana and searched the backyard, eventually finding Fernanda's body buried.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police. The family attorney says a reward is being offered for anyone that knows about the Jeep's whereabouts.