Woman kidnapped her 7-year-old granddaughter in Highland, say police

Jasmine Felix and Teresa Arias

Police are asking for the public’s assistance to locate a 7-year-old Highland girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her grandmother from on Tuesday night.

Teresa Arias, 63, was supposed to care for her granddaughter, Jasmine Felix, at her parent’s house on Victoria Avenue on Tuesday night – but, when Jasmine’s parents returned from work at about 6 p.m., the girl and her grandmother were missing.

Arias called Jasmine’s parents about an hour later and told them she was never returning her granddaughter to them, say authorities.

Arias doesn’t drive, according to police, and they believe she might be in the Pomona area trying to get money for a bus ticket to Madera.

If you have any information you are asked to call the Highland Sheriff’s Station at (909) 425-9793.