Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto speaking on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.  

A 38-year-old man accused of sexually abusing and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter is wanted after her newborn baby was found dead beside a Monterey County road.

Despite her being the apparent victim of incest and sexual assault, the unnamed teenage girl is wanted on suspicion of killing the baby investigators say she delivered beside Struve Road. 

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A search is now underway for Sergio Galvez Perez and his 14-year-old daughter. 

“We can now confirm that Sergio Galvez Perez is the biological father of the 14-year-old murder suspect and the biological father of Baby Angelita,” Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said at a news conference on Monday afternoon.

The extraordinary developments were announced by the sheriff’s office nearly a month after the newborn was discovered in a rural area north of Moss Landing. A postmortem examination found that the baby, whom investigators are calling “Baby Angelita,” had suffered traumatic injuries.

Detectives obtained arrest warrants for the teenager and Perez, a resident of the Castroville and Salinas area, the sheriff’s office said. Authorities believe Perez is concealing the girl and preventing investigators from locating her. The department warned members of the public not to approach him and to call 911 if........

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