Jenni Acevedo, Juan’s mother, told WAVY that when she returned home later that night and found Juan absent, she started to worry.
He wasn’t home when we arrived. We informed him he was free to visit his friend’s house between two and four, but we assumed that because he wasn’t home,
He was likely still there since that’s what guys do,” she added. “We visited his friend’s house and talked to the parents, who informed us that he had never visited their home.”
His family was terrified and phoned the police for assistance. First, a missing person warning was sent out by the Virginia Beach Police Department.
The investigation was upgraded by Virginia State Police shortly after, and Juan was placed under an Amber Alert. The toddler was last seen on the 200 block of Mica Avenue in Virginia Beach,
