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San Antonio Toddler Found Dead as Police Review Video and Seek More Footage

Review of surveillance footage aims to show how the two-year-old reached a brush-choked creek before the medical examiner issues findings

Questions continued Wednesday about the death of 2-year-old Aryana Trevino Martinez, who disappeared and was later found dead along a creek on San Antonio's Northwest Side late Sunday night. (SBG San Antonio)
People pay their respects, on Tuesday, at the site where 2-year-old Aryana Martinez was found unresponsive earlier this week.
Community members light candles and raise flashlights during the vigil on Tuesday.
Guardians of the Children members, a nonprofit motorcycle group, hold up flashlights during a vigil for 2-year-old Aryana Martinez on Tuesday. Aryana was the subject of an AMBER Alert after she disappeared from her Northwest Side neighborhood and was later pronounced dead.

Overview

  • Relatives reported 2-year-old Aryana Trevino Martinez missing Sunday evening and a neighbor found her unresponsive in a creek hours later; first responders performed CPR and she was pronounced dead.
  • San Antonio police say surveillance video reportedly shows Aryana walking alone toward the creek and detectives are collecting additional camera footage and witness accounts to reconstruct her route.
  • Investigators believe Aryana left a home through a back gate and walked barefoot about a half-mile to the site, a path neighbors describe as overgrown with dense brush, broken pavement, and debris that would be hard for a toddler to cross.
  • About 100 neighbors and local groups held candlelight vigils and created a memorial near the field where she was found while family members met privately with detectives.
  • No cause or manner of death has been released, no arrests have been announced, and the family has warned the public about suspected fake online fundraisers circulating after the tragedy.