Police are searching for a California man after the body of a child was found in his Central Valley home, authorities said Saturday.
The body was found Thursday in Dhante Jackson's residence in Merced, police from the cities of Merced and Hayward said in separate statements.Jackson is the boyfriend of a woman whose 8-year-old daughter, Sophia Mason, was reported missing Tuesday.
Following the relative's request for help Tuesday, officers twice visited Jackson’s home in Merced in their search for Sophia and her mother, Samantha Johnson, but no one answered the door, Hayward police said. A body was discovered when Merced authorities went back to the residence, police from both departments said.
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