{"id":397214,"date":"2026-08-04T08:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397214\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T08:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:14:14","slug":"mother-describes-how-her-son-found-missing-2-year-old-girl-unresponsive-in-northwest-side-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397214\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother describes how her son found missing 2-year-old girl unresponsive in Northwest Side creek"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 An AMBER Alert for a missing 2-year-old girl<\/a> Sunday evening left a Northwest Side community heartbroken after she was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

Amongst the people grieving the death of Aryana Trevino Martinez are her neighbors, Anna Marie Ramirez and Uriel Ramirez, 22.<\/p>\n

Anna Marie Ramirez told KSAT her son, Uriel Ramirez, found Martinez unresponsive in an overgrown, water-filled creek area. A San Antonio Police Department investigator on scene told KSAT the toddler was located near Belle Ellen, a road in the Dreamhill Estates neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Watch the full interview with Anna Marie Ramirez below:<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, the Texas Department of Public Safety issued an AMBER Alert for Martinez. She was last seen at 7:45 p.m. that day in the 4000 block of Allegheny Drive.<\/p>\n

Anna Marie Ramirez said she told her son, \u201cWe need to be a part of this and help.\u201d Their first thought was to search down a nearby creek.<\/p>\n

She said she eventually had to stop her search for Martinez because of how difficult it was to maneuver through the tall weeds in the area.<\/p>\n

Uriel Ramirez continued. His search lasted about 15 minutes, according to his mother.<\/p>\n

Anna Marie Ramirez said her son took higher ground by standing on top of a rock to look over the weeds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just kept saying, \u2018Please don\u2019t be there. Please don\u2019t be there. Please don\u2019t be there,\u2019\u201d she recalled her son saying.<\/p>\n

As soon as he looked over, he found Martinez.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even put it into words,\u201d Uriel Ramirez told KSAT. \u201cShe\u2019s like an angel and something led me straight to her, like a direct shot. My brain was just \u2014 that\u2019s where she is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna Marie Ramirez said her son \u201cjumped in the creek, not knowing how deep it was, and just picked (Martinez) up and just ran out of the water with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

She saw her son running back with Martinez in his arms yelling, \u201cI found her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me that he felt a pull to go look there,\u201d Anna Marie Ramirez said. \u201cHe\u2019s lived here all his life, so that\u2019s the first thing he thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

First responders conducted CPR on Martinez before an ambulance arrived, Anna Marie Ramirez said.<\/p>\n

At 12:10 a.m. Monday, the Bexar County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office pronounced Martinez dead. Her cause and manner of death are still pending.<\/p>\n

The AMBER Alert issued for Martinez was canceled around 3 a.m. Monday, according to SAPD and DPS.<\/p>\n

A swarm of neighbors from Glenoaks Park and Dreamhill Estates attempted to find Martinez as early as 9 p.m. Sunday, Anna Marie Ramirez said. In addition to neighboring families, first responders helped by searching on the ground and in the air via helicopter.<\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s unclear how Martinez ended up in the water, police say she was captured on video walking alone in an alley before her death.<\/p>\n

Authorities are seeking additional video to rule out whether Martinez was with anyone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we all should pray for the family,\u201d Anna Marie Ramirez said. \u201cI know it\u2019s going to be a long journey for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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