A month long search for a missing Denver City child has come to a tragic end. Mitchell Romero, 3, died in a car crash in Mexico between Chihuhua and Ojinaga on Wednesday. His aunt and uncle were returning him to his father.

Romero was reported missing last month after his mother was found murdered. Her husband Mario Romero, a suspect in her murder, then took the boy to Mexico when an Amber Alert was called. Police are still looking for Mario Romero at this time.