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PHOTOS: Amber Alert standoff ends on San Diego freeway

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Friday, December 12, 2014
Officers escort two of four kids who were the subject of an Amber Alert during a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, the father of four missing boys from Montebello, was taken into custody following a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, the father of four missing boys from Montebello, was taken into custody following a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, the father of four missing boys from Montebello, was taken into custody following a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, the father of four missing boys from Montebello, was taken into custody following a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, the father of four missing boys from Montebello, was taken into custody following a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, the father of four missing boys from Montebello, was taken into custody following a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, the father of four missing boys from Montebello, was taken into custody following a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, believed to have abducted his 4 sons out of Montebello, was stopped on state Route 52 in San Diego County on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, believed to have abducted his 4 sons out of Montebello, was stopped on state Route 52 in San Diego County on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, believed to have abducted his 4 sons out of Montebello, was stopped on state Route 52 in San Diego County on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, believed to have abducted his 4 sons out of Montebello, was stopped on state Route 52 in San Diego County on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Daniel Perez, believed to have abducted his 4 sons out of Montebello, was stopped on state Route 52 in San Diego County on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
Erica Perez, 39, her husband Daniel Perez, 43, and their four sons, Jordan, 11, Alex, 6, Jaiden, 9, and Tristan, 8, were last seen Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.
Investigators found a Honda Accord belonging to Daniel and Erica Perez with the body of a dead woman in the trunk near their Montebello home on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2014.
Investigators found a Honda Accord belonging to Daniel and Erica Perez with the body of a dead woman in the trunk near their Montebello home on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2014.
Investigators found a Honda Accord belonging to Daniel and Erica Perez with the body of a dead woman in the trunk near their Montebello home on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2014.
Investigators found a Honda Accord belonging to Daniel and Erica Perez with the body of a dead woman in the trunk near their Montebello home on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2014.
Investigators found a Honda Accord belonging to Daniel and Erica Perez with the body of a dead woman in the trunk near their Montebello home on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2014.
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Officers escort two of four kids who were the subject of an Amber Alert during a standoff on a San Diego County freeway on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014.
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SANTEE, Calif. -- California Highway Patrol officers took a Montebello man suspected of abducting his four children into custody after a tense standoff on a San Diego freeway. See photos.


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