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UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION - CHILD CUSTODY DEPRIVATION, AIDING AND ABETTING

MARIA ANGELA LEON

Photograph of apria Angela Leon

Aliases: Maria Leon, Maria Angela Gloria Leon

DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth Used:  June 18, 1960 Hair: Brown
Place of Birth: Unknown Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'6" Sex: Female
Weight: 120 pounds Race: White (Hispanic)
NCIC: W934274784 Nationality: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Scars and Marks: None known
Remarks: None

CAUTION

Maria Angela Leon is wanted for allegedly aiding her sister, Gloria Christina Terranova, with the abduction of Terranova's two children, Jean Tiffany Terranova and Christian Thomas Terranova. In approximately January of 2001, the children were taken from Glendale, California and never returned to their father who has sole legal and physical custody of his two children. Maria Leon and her sister are believed to have fled to Mexico with the children.

A state arrest warrant was issued by the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles, on October 29, 2002, charging Leon with child custody deprivation. Leon was subsequently charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on May 23, 2003, by the United States District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, California.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Gloria Christina Terranova
Photograph of Gloria Christina Terranova Photograph of Gloria Christina Terranova taken in 2000
 
 Photograph taken in 2000

Gloria Christina Terranova (Fugitive) is wanted by local law enforcement authorities in Glendale, California for child custody deprivation. She is a White (Hispanic) female, DOB: April 13, 1974, 5'4", 117 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

 Christian Thomas Terranova
Jean Tiffany Terranova
Photograph of Christian Thomas Photograph of Jean Tiffany Terranova

Christian Thomas Terranova (Victim) is a White (Hispanic) male, DOB: April 11, 1999, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Jean Tiffany Terranova (Victim) is a White (Hispanic) female, DOB: November 3, 1996, with brown eyes and brown hair.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS CASE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

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ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: (202) 324-3000
 


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