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San Dimas, CA 

The biological mother of a missing 12-year-old girl is being named a person of interest in connection with the disappearance of her daughter and that of an 8-year-old girl.

The woman being urged to contact authorities, is 38-year-old Iris Pineda Zavala of Monrovia, the mother of 12-year-old Estephanie Flores, said Lt. Roxanna Hart of the sheriff’s San Dimas Station.

Flores and Robin Lemus were reported missing shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, along with the family’s dark blue 1998 Lexus ES300, license number 3XSR179, said Detective Elizabeth Laub, also of the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station.

Sheriff’s detectives believes that Flores knows how to drive and that both girls subsequently may have been assisted by an adult.

The missing car has not been located, even though it’s equipped with a LoJack anti-theft device, authorities said.

Detectives were “trying to figure out what their motive was in leaving,” Laub said. “We have no leads.”

The girls were last seen at the San Dimas home late Sunday, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported. The foster parents told authorities that the Lexus had a full tank of gas.

The younger girl’s father, Felico Lemus, showed up at the San Dimas Station after his home in Glendale was searched by deputies, who said they wanted to see if the daughter was in the house.

Lemus reported that his daughter had text-messaged him several times last week complaining about the treatment at her foster parents’ home.

“I’m not surprised they would run away,” Lemus said.

Flores is Latino, 4 feet 11 inches tall and 130 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. She was wearing a blue sweater and blue jeans. Lemus is Latino, 4 feet 9 inches tall and 70 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. She was wearing pajamas.

Anyone with information on the girls’ whereabouts was urged to call the sheriff’s department at (909) 450-2711.

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