CO ZAIQIAO FENG, LIU NEI LI, & ANNY LI: Missing from Thornton, CO - 30 March 2020 - Age 48, 40, & 2 Found Safe

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 2, 2020

Missing parents leave 5-year-old at home alone, disappear with toddler. Police are now searching for them. [Reports]

Colorado authorities are searching for a couple accused of leaving their 5-year-old daughter at home alone and never returning. CBS9 reports that Liu Nei Li and Zaiqiao Feng, of Thornton, allegedly told their daughter they were going to the store. The pair took their 2-year-old child with them...

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Missing parents leave 5-year-old at home alone, disappear with toddler. Police are now searching for them. [Reports]

Colorado authorities are searching for a couple accused of leaving their 5-year-old daughter at home alone and never returning.

CBS9 reports that Liu Nei Li, 40, Zaiqiao Feng, 48, of Thornton, have not been seen since Monday. The pair took their 2-year-old child, Anny Li, with them but left their older child behind. Family members found the little girl at around 9:30 p.m. on March 30, outside on the front yard of the family’s home, off of 4050 block of 130th Way.

The 5-year-old, who was home alone by herself for most of Monday, told family members that her parents said they had to go to the grocery store and left without her. She’s now in the care of relatives.

According to the Thornton Police Department, the couple may be in a grey 2008 Toyota Highlander with Colorado license plate, 231-REZ. Police spokesperson Matt Barnes told The Denver Post that there is no indication of any foul play.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 2, 2020

Thornton police continue to search for missing family; discover illegal marijuana grow inside home

THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) — Police continue to search for a missing Thornton family. Detectives are searching for a toddler and her parents who were last seen on Monday. The circumstances surrou…

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Thornton Police continue to search for missing family; discover illegal marijuana grow inside home

Police continue to search for a missing Colorado family. Detectives are searching for a toddler and her parents, who were last seen on Monday.

The circumstances surrounding the family’s disappearance remain a mystery. The parents have two daughters. Police say they took the youngest daughter with them and left the 5-year-old behind.

Police have uncovered an illegal marijuana grow inside the home on 130th Way in Thornton.

“That’s why it’s so perplexing. We don’t know, are they still local? Are they injured? Are they hurt? Did something bad happen to them - or did they just leave the state? We don’t know,” Thornton Police Officer Matt Barnes said.

We do know they left on their own. It was Monday morning when police say 48-year-old Zaiqiao Feng and 40-year-old Liu Nei Li and 2-year-old daughter, Anny Li, were last seen. They left in a gray 2008 Toyota Highlander with Colorado plates 231-REZ. Neighbors said the family left in a “hurry” and tossed a duffel bag into the car. Police say the parents left their 5-year-old daughter at the house and told her they were going to the grocery store. Luckily, a relative who lives across the street found her wandering in the yard around 9 p.m. Monday night.

“We were just lucky a relative lived in the area and saw the girl in the yard and took her in to safety. If she would have remained in the home overnight or for days without anyone finding her – its concerning,” Officer Barnes said.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 2, 2020

If you're going to disappear, why would you leave behind your 5-year-old?

Kimster · Apr 2, 2020

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
If you're going to disappear, why would you leave behind your 5-year-old?

I'm afraid someone took them and the 5-year-old didn't know. Maybe the 5-year-old was in another room and they told the 5-year-old that they would be back, but actually they were being escorted out of the house.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 3, 2020

Kimster said:
I'm afraid someone took them and the 5-year-old didn't know. Maybe the 5-year-old was in another room and they told the 5-year-old that they would be back, but actually they were being escorted out of the house.

Someone apparently saw them leave “in a hurry”. They “tossed duffle bags into the car”. If someone came in, they probably wouldn’t have let them pack bags.

I wonder if any of the marijuana plants are missing.

Kimster · Apr 3, 2020

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
Someone apparently saw them leave “in a hurry”. They “tossed duffle bags into the car”. If someone came in, they probably wouldn’t have let them pack bags.

I wonder if any of the marijuana plants are missing.

I didn't realize someone saw them outside. I missed that part. I haven't been following this case closely, obviously.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 3, 2020

Zaiqiao Feng, Liu Nei Li & Daughter Found: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

A Colorado couple disappeared with their 2-year-old daughter, leaving their 5-year-old child home alone. They were found near the Mexico border.

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Zaiqiao Feng, Liu Nei Li & Daughter Missing: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

1. They Were Last Seen Leaving Their Home on Monday Morning with Their 2-Year-Old

Zaiqiao Feng, 48, Liu Nei Li, 40, and their child were last seen on Monday morning, March 30, KDVR reported. They were seen leaving their home at 4056 E. 130th Way.

2. They Were Driving a Grey Toyota Highlander

They were last seen in a 2008 grey Toyota Highlander with a Colorado license plate 231-REZ, police said.

Colorado is currently under a stay-at-home order.

3. They Left Their 5-Year-Old at Home & Relatives Found Her in the Front Yard

Officials said that the couple had their two-year-old daughter (pictured above) with them but they left their five-year-old at their home. Their five-year-old daughter said that her parents told her they were going to the grocery store.

Family members who live nearby called the police after they found the girl in the front yard on Monday evening, KDVR reported. The girl is now staying with family.

4. An Illegal Marijuana Home Grow Was in Their Home

When police entered their home on a search warrant, they found an illegal marijuana grow inside, Denver Post reported. Police said they are investigating whether the illegal grow played any role in their disappearance.

It’s not clear how the marijuana was illegal or why and police have not elaborated on what they found. In Colorado, marijuana can be purchased at a dispensary or you can have six plants per adult for personal use. You can read more about Colorado’s home grow laws here.

5. Police Have No Reason To Suspect Foul Play at This Time

Police told Denver Post that there was no indication of foul play. Few details are known about what happened to the couple or where they might have gone.

kdg411 · Apr 3, 2020

Not sure if this could play into the disappearance however it gives pause to a case with few details available.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 3, 2020

kdg411 said:
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Not sure if this could play into the disappearance however it gives pause to a case with few details available.

Interesting.
Still bothers me though. If you're going on the run, why are you leaving your child behind? Specifically, one of two children?

kdg411 · Apr 3, 2020

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
Interesting.
Still bothers me though. If you're going on the run, why are you leaving your child behind? Specifically, one of two children?

The older child would be able to remember details a bit better than the younger one. So, if they went to make a drop then the little one is less likely to recall details of who, where, when, etc.

GrandmaBear · Apr 3, 2020

Colorado sure wins this past couple of years at least in some very odd cases. All tragic but wow. Who does leave one child and a child of that age? I hate to say this but nothing surprises me anymore, were both children the bio children of both of them? Were they adopted? Corona going on, could they get out of the country with the one but not the other for some reasons? Adopted probably unlikely but hard to say. It is very in the norm nowadays but wasn't years ago, but our health care has learned so much, these parents were 48 and 40 with a 5 and 2 year old. At the least, they had the children late in life. Finally, any idea what the case above is about?

Just talking out loud, another odd one. The vehicle description and plate should not be too hard to locate if it is out and about or abandoned? Numbers (out of order) but of 1-2-3 and a word that I consider short for a dinner reservation, a REZ.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 3, 2020

I was wondering that maybe the child left behind has a medical issue that would require them to reveal themselves / come out of hiding to seek medical help.
But then... this is the child they took with them.

Parents leave 5-year-old home alone, mysteriously vanish with younger child. Police continue search for missing couple

Colorado authorities are still searching for a couple who left their 5-year-old daughter alone in their Thornton home and disappeared with their young “That’s why it’s so perplexing. We don’t know, are they still local? Are they injured? Are they hurt? Did something bad happen to them – or...

www.crimeonline.com

Anny reportedly has medical issues that require her to take frequent medication. It’s unclear if her parents took the child’s medication with them when they left.

Kimster · Apr 4, 2020

kdg411 said:
The older child would be able to remember details a bit better than the younger one. So, if they went to make a drop then the little one is less likely to recall details of who, where, when, etc.

This explanation is the most plausible to me. I'd like to know what the extent of the illegal grow was about, though? I don't know about in Colorado, but they say marijuana is not profitable in Oregon anymore because the supply outweighs the demand by a lot.

Guess Who · Apr 4, 2020

Kimster said:
This explanation is the most plausible to me. I'd like to know what the extent of the illegal grow was about, though? I don't know about in Colorado, but they say marijuana is not profitable in Oregon anymore because the supply outweighs the demand by a lot.

yes, was it just one or two plants or a full fledged operation? It makes a big difference in context.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 4, 2020

Guess Who said:
yes, was it just one or two plants or a full fledged operation? It makes a big difference in context.

Well, marijuana is legal in Colorado. They could have had up to 12 plants (up to 3 flowering at one time).
However, because there were children in the home, if they had even one plant that wasn't properly "locked up" it now becomes illegal.
Also, it has to be for personal use. If you are selling it, it's now illegal.

Home grow laws

Coloradans can grow marijuana in their homes for personal use. Up to six plants are allowed per Colorado resident over age 21, with as many as three plants flowering at one time.

www.colorado.gov

So yeah, you're right. It could have been dozens of plants and they had some sort of operation. OR, it could have been one plant that wasn't locked up properly. Seems like an important distinction to make.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 4, 2020

Family Missing From Thornton Found At Mexican Border

Police started investigating after the family did not return home on Monday, leaving behind their 5-year-old child.

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Family Missing From Thornton Found At Mexican Border

A family that was missing has been found in California, at the Mexican border. Police started investigating after the family did not return home on Monday, leaving behind their 5-year-old child.

The family was found safe and unharmed, police said Friday night.

It’s still not clear why they left without their 5-year-old child. Thornton police said they could face abandonment charges — and charges related to the illegal marijuana grow.

The investigation is on-going.

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed · Apr 4, 2020

Family missing from Thornton has been found safe

The two adults and their 2-year-old were found at a border crossing near San Diego. The parents are awaiting extradition back to Colorado.

www.9news.com

Family missing from Thornton has been found safe

A missing Thornton family who had not been seen since the morning of Monday, March 30, was located safe on Friday, according to an alert from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Liu Nei Li and Zaiqiao Feng are in custody in San Diego and are awaiting extradition to Colorado on suspicion of child abuse and drug charges, according to a tweet Saturday from the Thornton Police Department.

Their 2-year-old who was with them is in protective custody, and the investigation is ongoing, Thornton Police said.

kdg411 · Apr 4, 2020

Unbelievable?!

kdg411 · Apr 4, 2020

Guess Who said:
yes, was it just one or two plants or a full fledged operation? It makes a big difference in context.

When Thornton police executed a search warrant at the home on Wednesday night, they uncovered the illegal marijuana grow. Neighbors told FOX31 that they saw agents pull dozens of plants and equipment onto the driveway.

Thornton police continue to search for missing family; discover illegal marijuana grow inside home

THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) — Police continue to search for a missing Thornton family. Detectives are searching for a toddler and her parents who were last seen on Monday. The circumstances surrou…

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CO ZAIQIAO FENG, LIU NEI LI, & ANNY LI: Missing from Thornton, CO - 30 March 2020 - Age 48, 40, & 2 Found Safe