Arrest Made in Missing Teen’s Case

A 51-year-old man has been taken into custody on murder charges after DNA analysis confirmed that a decaying foot found in a Southern California field belonged to 17-year-old Toneya “TT” Tovar, who had been reported missing from Riverside County.

Abraham Feinbloom, from Salton City, was arrested on Friday. Authorities are still searching for the rest of Tovar’s remains.

When FBI agents and other officials executed a search warrant at his home early in the morning, Feinbloom reportedly attempted to flee by jumping over a fence but was quickly apprehended.

He was booked into Imperial County Jail on charges of murder and resisting arrest and is currently being held without bail.

Tovar disappeared on December 1st after informing her mother that she was heading to Palm Springs and would return home within two weeks.

Charo Tovar, her mother, filed a missing persons report. She later learned that her daughter had been meeting with Feinbloom. Friends mentioned they had spotted Toneya with him at the 7th and subway stations in Los Angeles back in October, suggesting their contact may have started well before her disappearance.

Over the following weeks, Toneya’s parents made numerous trips, about 110 miles each way, to visit the boarded-up house on Harlequin Court, where she last used her phone.

Despite deputies conducting multiple welfare checks, they did not attempt to enter the home, leading them to believe she might have run away.

Charo expressed her frustration, saying, “If they had acted sooner, maybe my child could have been saved.” Neighbors reported odd noises coming from Feinbloom’s property, with some referring to him as “The Scary Man in the Scary House.”

On December 21, law enforcement responded to a report of human remains discovered in a Salton City field. While officials recovered a decomposing human leg, they couldn’t immediately determine the identity. Forensic testing later confirmed that the foot belonged to T’Neya, but the news was only announced last week, more than two months after the DNA sample was initially collected from her family.

Just two days after the discovery of the leg, neighbors observed that Feinbloom started installing security cameras around his home.

Tovar’s mother is questioning why the DNA testing took over six weeks and why it took so long for the necessary action to be taken following the welfare checks.

Feinbloom, listed in public records as a musician, has resided in the house for several years. Property records indicate it was inherited from his deceased parents.

The investigation is ongoing, with the FBI offering a $10,000 reward for any information connected to the case.

Efforts to reach family members and police officials for comment were unsuccessful.