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 Authorities in the Los Angeles suburb of Montebello have been
searching for the Perez family since they were reported missing on
Tuesday, police said in a statement.
Around 5:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, authorities found a Honda
Accord belonging to the family and inside discovered a woman's body.
Police did not release the name of the woman, pending positive
identification from the local coroner.
The family of 39-year-old Erica Perez, 43-year-old Daniel Perez and
their four sons aged between 6 and 11 years old, were last seen on
Friday, police said.
 "We will work around the clock to locate them and locate them
safely," Montebello police Captain Luis Lopez said, according to the
Los Angeles Times.
Montebello police said the parents' unstable marriage had been
troubled with a history of domestic violence. Authorities are
investigating the incident as a homicide, and consider Daniel Perez
to be a person of interest.
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Authorities said neither of the parents had been answering their
phones or returning messages, and that Daniel Perez had not shown up
for work for two consecutive days.
Montebello is a city of 62,500 people, roughly 9 miles (14 km) east
of Los Angeles.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Catherine
Evans)
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