FBI Seeking Suspect in Disappearance of Missing Utah Teen
July 13, 2024, update:
Elizabeth Gonzalez and her cousins, Sofia Mailen Moreno Zamora and Regina Moreno Zamora, have been found safe.
At approximately 9:30 p.m. on July 12, 2024, Mexican authorities found the three girls with Antonio Moreno in Veracruz, Mexico.
A federal arrest warrant has been issued for Moreno on charges related to Elizabeth’s disappearance to include kidnapping.
The FBI is looking for Antonio Moreno (DOB 6/20/93) in connection with the disappearance of 14-year-old Elizabeth Gonzalez and her cousins, six-year-old Sofia Mailen Moreno Zamora and four-year-old Regina Moreno Zamora.
Moreno is Elizabeth’s uncle and the biological father of the two young girls. He has been living in Kaysville, Utah, for the past three years.
On June 30, Moreno abruptly traveled to Mexico City and allegedly took the three girls without their mothers’ permission. Relatives have not seen or heard from them since. We believe the girls are in danger and still in Mexico.
Elizabeth, who is from Ogden, Utah, was visiting family in Mexico City when she disappeared on June 30. Surveillance video shows her walking with her two cousins, who are Mexican citizens, and all three getting into a taxi. The FBI believes Elizabeth was manipulated by an adult male, allegedly Moreno, to get into that taxi. We believe all four are traveling together.
The FBI continues to work with our partners in Mexico to locate all three girls and Moreno.
The public is urged to call the FBI Salt Lake City Division at (801) 579-1400 with any information. Tips can also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov.
Photos of Elizabeth can be found at fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/elizabeth-gonzalez.