BRIDGETON, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A sketch has been released of a man that may be connected to the disappearance of 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alvarez who vanished while playing in a New Jersey park.
Authorities released the sketch after a witness claimed to have spotted the man in the park at the same time as the missing child.
Alvarez was reported missing on Sept. 16 after she was seen being taken by a man and led to a red van with a sliding door and tinted windows.
The man in the sketch was reportedly seen with at least one child under the age of 5 when Dulce went missing.
The sketch shows the suspects as wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a white baseball cap and he is described as Hispanic.
He is believed to be between 30 and 35 years old, approximately 5 feet 7 inches with a slender build, officials say.
“We are asking this person (or anyone who may recognize him) to come forward as investigators wish to speak with him as it is believed that he may have information that is helpful in determining the circumstances that led to Dulce’s disappearance,” the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release.
Dulce and her 3-year-old brother were playing at Bridgeton City Park at the time of her disappearance, while their mother sat in her car in the parking lot with an 8-year-old relative about 30 yards away.
After about 10 minutes, the 3-year-old returned to the car, saying he was unable to find his sister. He pointed his mother to the area where he last saw her, but Dulce was nowhere to be found.
The sketch is not from an earlier description given by a child that led to the AMBER Alert, authorities said.
There's a $35,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.