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A “distraught” California dad, whose daughter has been missing for one week, is desperately turning to the public in hopes that someone will have information on her whereabouts.
Rick Custer, the father of Amanda Custer, penned a handwritten note on Sunday pleading for the public’s help in finding his daughter, who disappeared last Monday after an alleged domestic violence dispute at her boyfriend Robert Camou’s home.
“If you were up there on Monday and saw a grey Prius acting suspicious, please report it,” he continued. “We are pleading with anybody who might have a tip that might help to report it, as we are very distraught and need to bring our Amanda home.”
According to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, police responded to a report of alleged domestic violence at Camou’s home on Monday, July 29, at 8:15 a.m., and did not locate the couple but found signs of an assault.
The evidence at the scene included blood, sheriff’s homicide Lt. Scott Hoglund told the media, reports theSan Gabriel Valley Tribune.
A volatile relationship between the pair, who had dated for about two years, had led to “numerous domestic violence incidents,” Hoglund alleged.
Robert Camou.LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
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Later that evening, Camouallegedly showed up to The King Eddy Saloon on their karaoke night, where he was recorded rapping about killing and burying someone, as police continued to search for him.
“At first I was like, did he say that?,” Moore recalled to KTLA. “And he said it with such force.”
“I think that everyone in the bar that heard him kinda stopped,” he added to the outlet. “Time just stopped. And there were some hardcore rappers up in there, and they stopped.”
The man then allegedly “mentioned something about the police and that he needed to close his mouth now, and he walked off,” Moore told CBS Los Angeles.
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After he refused to exit, a standoff ensued until tear gas was used to force him out and he was arrested about 7:30 a.m., reported CBS Los Angeles.
“Same guy … no doubt in my mind,” Moore told CBS Los Angeles of watching Camou on television being hauled off in handcuffs after the standoff with police in downtown Los Angeles.
Camou is currently being held without bail on suspicion of burglary and domestic violence. An attorney who might speak on his behalf was not immediately identified.
In the meantime, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is urging anyone with information about Amanda’s disappearance to call investigators at (323) 890-5500 or leave an anonymous tip at (800) 222-8477.
source: people.com
