Father of Teen Who Went Missing in Monterey Park Charged With Child Stealing

Published on July 30, 2024

LOS ANGELES—The father of a 15-year-old girl who went missing for about a week in Monterey Park, prompting several community-led search efforts, was charged Tuesday with felony child stealing/concealment and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. Jeffery Chao, 40, pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment Tuesday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles. His bail was set at $500,000, and he was scheduled to return to court on Aug. 15. Mr. Chao was arrested July 26, three days after his daughter Alison Jillian Chao was found safe in Glendale. Alison had been reported missing July 16. The girl had left her father’s house in Monterey Park that afternoon and was heading toward an aunt’s home in San Gabriel, riding a blue mountain bike and carrying a black backpack, but she never arrived, according to police and relatives....

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