SAN FRANCISCO—The mother of a 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a San Francisco Bay Area recycling center over the weekend said Tuesday she feared for her daughter’s well-being whenever the child was with her ex-husband, who authorities said died by suicide and is suspected in the child’s death.
San Jose police said an employee in the processing area of a San Jose recycling facility found Ellie Lorenzo’s body Saturday. She was last seen alive with her father, Jared Lorenzo, who was involved in a bitter custody battle with the child’s mother and died Friday from an apparent suicide in San Francisco. The San Jose Police Department said in a statement Tuesday that Mr. Lorenzo, 42, is a suspect in the girl’s death.
