--- description: Three-week-old Eliza Delacruz's family was critically injured in a triple shooting title: Baby Found in Dumpster After Mom, Dad and Uncle Shot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09495b001dff16c3/6987780ce20a87d048a84502/missing-baby-eliza-delacruz-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Baby Found in Dumpster After Mom, Dad and Uncle Shot by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2015 12:46 PM CUT  Missing baby Eliza Delacruz is seen in an undated photo provided by the Long Beach Police Department. Missing baby Eliza Delacruz is seen in an undated photo provided by the Long Beach Police Department.Long Beach Police Department/AP by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 5, 2015 12:46 PM CUT A three-week-old baby was found in a [dumpster in San Diego County](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-missing-baby-update-20150104-story.html "undefined") after a shooting Saturday, authorities said Sunday. The [10-pound baby girl](http://local.nixle.com/alert/5328918/ "undefined"), Eliza Delacruz, was missing from a home in San Diego on Saturday evening when officers arrived to respond to a triple shooting, the Los Angeles _Times_ reports. Her body was found later in a dumpster behind a restaurant in Imperial Beach. The baby’s mother, father and uncle were taken to the hospital in critical condition. The father had been released by Sunday, officials said. “Although little is known about the suspect, detectives do not believe the shooting was a [random act of violence](http://www.tout.com/u/GregoryYYee "undefined"),” the Long Beach Police Department said in a statement Sunday. “The preliminary investigation leads detectives to believe an adult male suspect fled with the infant immediately after the shooting occurred.” The San Diego County medical examiner confirmed Sunday that the body found was Delacruz. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3653362/baby-dumpster-eliza-delacruz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3653362/baby-dumpster-eliza-delacruz/"},"headline":"Baby Found in Dumpster After Mom, Dad and Uncle Shot","datePublished":"2015-01-05T12:46:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:16:05.818Z","description":"Three-week-old Eliza Delacruz's family was critically injured in a triple shooting","url":"https://time.com/3653362/baby-dumpster-eliza-delacruz/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09495b001dff16c3/6987780ce20a87d048a84502/missing-baby-eliza-delacruz-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09495b001dff16c3/6987780ce20a87d048a84502/missing-baby-eliza-delacruz-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Missing Baby Eliza Delacruz","caption":"Missing Baby Eliza Delacruz","creditText":"Long Beach Police Department/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3653362/baby-dumpster-eliza-delacruz/","name":"Baby Found in Dumpster After Mom, Dad and Uncle Shot"}}]}] ```