Who is Areli Arroyo Osuna? Amber Alert issued to 14-year-old

An AMBER alert was issued for a 14-year-old girl in Utah who investigators said believed to be in “immediate danger of serious bodily injury or death.”

Areli Arroyo Osuna was spotted last Monday driving a vehicle driven by 20-year-old David Lopez, who officials said also went by Amilsar Vasquez, Salt Lake City news station KUTV reported. Authorities initially believed Osuna was a fugitive.

The alarm for the Utah teenager adds an intensified urgency to identify her position. Police did not immediately explain why she was believed to be in “immediate danger,” but said she and Lopez may have been on their way to Texas or Mexico.

The Utah AMBER Alarm described Osuna as a white woman with brown hair and brown eyes, weighing 90 pounds and standing at 4’7 “tall. She was last seen wearing denim pants, a denim jacket, a black shirt, white Nike shoes, and wearing a large white bag. .

Osuna was born on August 31, 2007.

The alarm did not provide a description for the Lopez, but did describe the car Osuna was last seen entering as a black Nissan Altima. She got into the car in Magna on Monday around 9:50 a.m., according to the AMBER alarm.

Lopez is not a family member of Osuna, according to the alarm. It was not immediately clear how the two were connected.

The Utah criteria for issuing an AMBER alert states that the defendant must believe that a child or children have been abducted, the victim or victims are “imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death”, the victim is 17 Years old or younger and there is information “that could help the public in the safe recovery of the victim or arrest a suspect.”

The Utah alarm came the day after Texas authorities issued and later canceled an alarm for two missing children. The two young girls, aged 7 and 2, disappeared on Sunday afternoon but were found about three hours after an AMBER alert was issued in the early hours of Monday, the Dallas news station WFAA reported.

Anyone with information about Osuna’s case has been asked to contact the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake at 385-468-9858 or call 911.

Newsweek contact the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake for comment.

Update 03/22/22, 3:45 pm ET: This story has been updated with additional information.

Update 03/22/22, 2:50 pm ET: This story has been updated with additional information and background.