A relative called police to a Florida home after finding three women shot dead and a one-week-old baby missing this week, authorities said.
Police issued an Amber alert Tuesday night for the baby, who was believed to be with his father, Ernesto Caballeiro, 49. A day later, on Wednesday, the father was found dead in a rural wooded area in Pasco County -- about 300 miles away from the victims' home in Miami.He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and was 50 yards away from the van described in the alert, authorities said.
.. please come forward. I promise you all we care about is that little Andrew is OK," Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said. Police have searched for Andrew with helicopters and bloodhounds since they issued an Amber alert for him."At this time there were no signs of the baby," the sheriff said.Police did not disclose the relationship between the father and the women. They were identified as Arlety Garcia Valdes, 40; Isabela Valdes, 60; and Lina Gonzalez, 84.
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