CONVERSE, Texas – UPDATE (June 26, 2026): The AMBER Alert issued earlier this week for a teenage mother and her child has been discontinued, according to the Texas Department of Safety.
Alejandro Vasquez, 1, and Escarleth Vasquez, 15, were found in Houston, DPS said. An automated license plate reader located the children.
DPS said they tracked a suspect vehicle that had traveled to Converse and back to an apartment complex in the Houston area.
Below is the original story from June 22, 2026.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an AMBER Alert on Monday for a teenage mother and her child who were last seen in Converse.
Alejandro Vasquez, 1, and Escarleth Vasquez, 15, were last seen at approximately 3 p.m. on May 9 in the 7000 block of Phoenix Path, which is located near Woodlake Parkway.
A DPS spokesperson said it “recently” received a request from the Texas Department of Family Services to locate the teenager and infant. After reviewing available information, DPS said its agents determined the mother and child were in “grave or immediate danger.”
Alejandro Vasquez is 2 feet, 10 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes.
Escarleth Vasquez, of Honduras, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie and white sweatpants.
The two may be traveling in a red pickup truck, DPS said.
Escarleth Vasquez was recently in foster care, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a Tuesday news conference. She abruptly left with a “strange” note, saying, “I’m leaving. Don’t call the authorities. Send all my stuff back to Honduras.”
The sheriff said in the early stages of the case, deputies did not believe an AMBER Alert was necessary.
Child Protective Services continued to work on the missing persons case and developed enough information to issue an AMBER Alert, Salazar said.
Salazar also mentioned that Alejandro Vasquez’s father is “currently incarcerated,” but the sheriff does not know where.
Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or contact DPS at 210-531-2284.