Help Victoria Crime Stoppers Find Missing Boy and Mother

The Victoria County Sheriff's Office and Victoria Crime Stoppers need your help to bring John Stanley Earl Jr. home. On June 15, 2012, 6-year-old John Stanley Earl Jr. was kidnapped by his non custodial mother, Maria Teresa Earl, now 52. Earl lost custody of the young boy because of abuse but fled before officers could remove John from her home. According to the Victoria Advocate, Earl may be using an alias of Teresa Paredez. She has lived in Killeen, San Antonio, San Angelo and Corpus Christi. She may still be living in one of these areas or she may have fled to Mexico. She has family in the Victoria area and could be traveling to this area. John is now 10.

Earl is wanted on a felony warrant charging her with custodial interference, which was issued Aug. 24, 2012.

If you have any information as to the whereabouts of these people, please contact Victoria Crime Stoppers at 361-572-4200 or visit victoria.crimestoppersweb.com.

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