Alexis Flores

Alexis Flores Alexis Flores (* Honduras, June 18, 1975) is a Honduran fugitive murderer wanted for the kidnapping and murder of a 5-year-old girl, Iriana DeJesús, in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2000. Flores is number 487 on the FBI list as one of the ten most wanted fugitives.

== Murder of Iriana DeJesús ==

In 2000, Flores was initially identified as "Carlo" or "Carlos", a tramp in search of work and place to live. Jorge Contreras, a nearby neighbor, offered him shelter, clothing and work as a maintenance assistant, earning his trust. Contreras went on a trip, "Carlos" was handed the keys to the apartment building so he could have full access. The DeJesus girl disappeared the same day. According to the witnesses, "Carlos" and DeJesús were seen holding hands, indicating having obtained their trust.

DeJesus disappeared on July 29, 2000, his body was found five days later, on August 3, in an unoccupied apartment building where Flores apparently lived. The strangled body was found in the basement, wrapped in a bag of trash. Apart from official charges, police sources have claimed that the girl was sexually abused in the last hours of her life.

The police also found a printed shirt with a very distinctive political logo near the body of Iriana, the shirt contained the young woman's blood. When police interrogated Contreras about the shirt, he said he recognized it as an article of clothing he had lent to the Honduran immigrant.

His DNA was found in 2007 two years after being deported to his country for being an illegal immigrant.