EPD needs your help locating this mother and her three week old child who is in need of immediate medical attention

Update: The mother and 3 week old child have been located. 



The  Eureka  Police  Department is requesting  the public’s assistance  in locating  33  year old Eureka  resident Veronica  Brooks and her three  week  old  child, Benjamin Nunez. Nunez  is in need of  immediate medical  attention.

Brooks  was last seen riding  as  a  passenger in a  small  blue car with a  male driver in the downtown Eureka  area.   If  you know the  whereabouts of Brooks and her son, please contact EPD dispatch at  (707)  441-4044.   EPD Missing  Persons  Case  #18-005438

If her name sounds familiar, it is from this EPD press release in 2015:

On 02/25/15 at about 8:18 a.m., Officers and Detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP) served a search warrant at the Pine Motel on the 2400 block of Broadway Street. The warrant was obtained after an officer received information about drug sales occurring in a room on the premises.

During a search of the room, detectives located a loaded semi-automatic handgun with its serial number removed and stolen property including an Apple iPad. Additionally, detectives found small quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana packaged for sales.

Eureka resident Veronica Brooks, 29, was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant for threats. Eureka resident Anthony Watkins, 49, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, possession of methamphetamine, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of stolen property, and probation violation. Brooks and Watkins were booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.