The Colorado Bureau of Investigation on Thursday released an alert for 5-year-old Helliono Martinez, who was considered missing or endangered.
He was last seen with his father, Charles Martinez, 43, about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at their residence on U.S. Highway 160.
The alert described the child as 3 feet, 5 inches tall, 75 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. The father is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, 215 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Both are Hispanic males.
The two were last seen in a 2011 Dodge Ram 2500, gold in color and bearing Colorado temporary plate 6358833. The truck is missing the tailgate.
CBI asks that no one approach them if spotted, and instead call 911 or the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office at (970) 565-8452.
Martinez was arrested on July 8 by Montezuma County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Daulton for a warrant out of Archuleta County. Daulton spotted the gold Dodge on Main Street in Cortez, and observed the vehicle make an unsignaled left turn into Safeway, 1580 E. Main St.
William Martinez, 69, was driving the vehicle and was given a verbal warning for the unsignaled turn. Charles Martinez was the passenger, and while being arrested told the deputy that the charges from Archuleta County were fake, and law enforcement was harassing him for no reason, according to Daulton’s report.
Martinez is set to appear in court in Montezuma County on July 22 for an initial conference, and again on July 24 for advisement and review on a separate case. He is set to appear in Archuleta County court on July 25 for a hearing, and again on Aug. 7 and Aug. 8, all for separate cases.
