Six-year-old Duke Josehyah Flores, a boy with autism, was last seen April 14, 2019, in Apple Valley, California. He lived with his mother Jackee Raquel Contreras, her twin sister Jennifer Rachel Contreras, and his father. Concern grew after Duke’s mother and aunt gave conflicting accounts of his whereabouts, including a claim he had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

On April 25 family members confronted the sisters at their Cherokee Avenue home; after a physical altercation police became involved and Jackee Contreras was arrested for child neglect after admitting her son had been missing for nearly a week and she had not reported it. On April 27 both Jackee and Jennifer Contreras were arrested and charged with Duke’s murder. At a July 2019 preliminary hearing, Detective Narcie Sousa testified that Jackee confessed Duke was killed April 14, and that the sisters allegedly placed a plastic bag over his head, used a power cord to strangle him, buried him in the backyard, then later removed the body and tried to dispose of it in the neighborhood. Investigators noted internet searches on Duke’s iPad about trash pickup times and surveillance footage showing two adults with a stroller and a wagon. Despite extensive searches at the Victorville landfill, his body was not recovered and Duke remains listed as missing.

Does anyone have information about Duke’s whereabouts or the events around April 14, 2019?