VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man turned himself in on Sunday after making threats to harm his 2-year-old child to the child's mother. The child in his custody was found dead.
Police later identified the man as 31-year-old Gustavo Villalobos-Carranza.
On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it filed an immigration detainer Tuesday on Villabos-Carranza with the Multnomah County Jail. In a release, an ICE spokesperson said an immigration detainer is filed when "the agency has probable cause that a noncitizen may be removable (deportable) from the United States." Villabos-Carranza is not currently in ICE custody, the agency reported.
According to a news release from the Vancouver Police Department, on Oct. 31 at around 12:51 a.m., a woman called to report that the father of her 2-year-old child was making threats to harm the child. Villalobos-Carranza had picked up the child several hours earlier.
Vancouver police issued an emergency alert at 2:30 p.m. to ask the general public to help find the father's vehicle, a silver 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander. They described the case as a kidnapping.
Authorities made verbal contact with Villalobos-Carranza and he agreed to turn himself in.
It was around 4:15 a.m. when police found him in the area of Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Northeast 57th Avenue and he was taken into custody. The alert was cancelled and the child was found dead.
Villalobos-Carranza is facing multiple charges including murder in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, and unlawful use of a weapon.
He appeared in court via video conference Monday, speaking with a Clark County judge through an interpreter. He is being held in Clark County without bail until extradition back to Oregon. His next court date is scheduled for Dec. 1.
The case is still being investigated. Police initially believed the homicide took place in Gresham, but investigators have since determined the homicide happened in Portland.
A GoFundMe has been set up on behalf of the mother of the child for funeral expenses.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detective Jeff Sharp at jeff.sharp@portlandoregon.gov or Mike Jones at michael.jones@portlandoregon.gov