Crime & Safety

$100,000 Reward Offered For Missing Carson Teen

The Carson City Council has approved a $100,000 reward for the safe return of a 16-year-old girl that went missing on New Year's Day.

(LASD/Obtained by CBS/KCAL)

April 5, 2023

The Carson City Council has approved a $100,000 reward for the safe return of a 16-year-old girl that went missing on New Year's Day.

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According to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, 16-year-old Alinka Angeline Castaneda went missing on Jan. 1, 2023, at 5 a.m. She was last seen on the 23000 blocks of S. Caroldale Avenue entering an unknown vehicle.

Castaneda did not contact her family until nearly three weeks later, claiming she was unable to leave her location. She later said that the family needed to pick her up at Union Station at 10 p.m. However, when her family arrived she never appeared.

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