Deputies Search Landfill For Body Of Missing 6-Year-Old Autistic Boy Duke Flores

VICTORVILLE (CBSLA) – San Bernardino County Sheriff's investigators Monday searched a landfill in Victorville for the body of a 6-year-old autistic Apple Valley boy whose mother and aunt and have been arrested on murder charges following his disappearance.

Duke Flores was reported missing Friday. It is believed he was last seen about two weeks ago in the area of Cherokee Avenue and Pawnee Road in Apple Valley. Flores' grandmother said she was the last one to see him alive at his parent's home. Another relative called police asking for a welfare check on the boy.

Investigators and volunteers Monday were searching a landfill for Flores after they learned that his body was likely placed in a dumpster, the sheriff's department reports.

The boy's mother, 29-year-old Jakee Raquel Contreras, was taken into custody Friday. His aunt, 29-year-old Jennifer Rachel Contreras, was arrested Saturday.  Both have since been charged with one count of murder, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office reported Monday.

There was no word on a motive in the disappearance and possible murder of Flores.

The two sisters will be arraigned Tuesday.