Father Of Kidnapped Woman Issues Public Plea For Help

MONROVIA, CA — The father of a Monrovia woman who was kidnapped joined authorities Thursday in asking for the public's help in locating her. The press conference was live-streamed on the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Facebook page.

Amanda Custer, 31, was last seen July 29 at her boyfriend Robert Camou's Monrovia home in the 600 block of Vaquero Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities believe Custer was kidnapped by Camou, 27, after a neighbor reportedly saw him dragging Custer's body into the trunk of his car. Camou was taken into custody in downtown Los Angeles on July 30 after a five-hour standoff and was being held without bail.

A video recorded hours before police captured Camou showed him rapping about killing and burying a woman.

In the video, the man is handed a microphone during open mic night at a Skidrow bar and raps "I killed my b---- and buried that b---- in the f------ dirt." He also calls himself a "gangster" and raps some other indistinguishable words before walking out of the camera's view, according to the video obtained by KTLA.

On Monday, Amanda's father Rick Custer issued a written appeal for help in finding his daughter.

"I and the rest of her family are asking anybody in the Mt. Baldy and Lytle Creek areas to be aware of your surroundings and keep your eyes open at this time, as we are all still searching for Amanda. We believe she disappeared in this area on (July 29) ... ."

He said his family is distraught and needs "to bring our Amanda home."

Sheriff's investigators expanded their search last week to include the area of Lytle Creek because Camou is believed to have great knowledge of the area, which is in the San Gabriel Mountains about 16 miles northwest of San Bernardino, according to authorities.

Sheriff's officials said on July 31 that Camou's car was spotted — shortly after the alleged kidnapping — traveling north on Padua Road in Claremont toward Mount Baldy.

Anyone in the area of Mount Baldy Road, Glendora Ridge Road, or Glendora Mountain Road on July 29 between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. who may have seen Camou or Custer — or the 2017 gray Toyota Prius he was driving — was urged to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS or lacrimestoppers.org.

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