A young Mississauga girl, the subject of a late-night Amber Alert after she was out on her 11th birthday with her father, has been found dead, Peel police say.Riya Rajkumar was found in a Brampton home near Hansen Rd. N. and Marshall Dr., hours after she vanished in the care of her father, 41-year-old Roopesh Rajkumar. The girl did not live with her father on a full-time basis, police said, but was dropped off at a gas station in Mississauga at about 3 p.m. Thursday was Riya’s 11th birthday, police said.“In a tragic situation like this when your daughter goes to spend her birthday, especially on Valentine’s Day, with her father and you expect your child to come home, my heart aches for this family,” Peel Region Const. Akhil Mooken told reporters shortly after the body was found. “As a parent, I can’t even begin to imagine what the mom is going through and it’s something that we never want to be involved in, but it’s a terrible situation.”Police said Riya’s mother called the authorities when the pair did not return at 6:30 p.m. and reported that Rajkumar made comments indicating he could cause harm to himself and his daughter. “That obviously set off alarms,” Const. Danny Marttini told reporters Friday. “It was of extreme concern, which is why she attended the division, saying ‘I’ve got that information and I’m concerned for the well-being of my daughter.’ ”After police took measures such as searching where they were last seen, pinpointing the father’s cell phone for a location and checking any areas they were known to frequent, an Amber Alert was issued. Emergency Management Ontario sent out mobile alerts just after 11:30 p.m. The alert was cancelled when it was reported that the child had been located in Brampton. Marttini said Riya’s body was found in the Brampton house on Hansen Rd. N. prior to Rajkumar’s arrest. She was found in the b ...
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