UPDATE as of Monday, June 1 at 4 p.m. –

On May 31, 2026, at approximately 1530 hours, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2000 block of Loan Mountain St for a child custody dispute report. On arrival, patrol Deputies met with Crystal Rose, who advised that she had allowed Christopher Meithof to stay with her overnight, so he could visit their 5-year-old child. Ms. Rose advised that when she woke up Sunday morning, she discovered Christopher and the child were not at home. After several hours of attempting to contact and locate Mr. Meithof and the child, Ms. Rose contacted the Carson City Sheriff’s Office.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies checked local traffic and Flock cameras and located Christopher’s Red Jeep Grand Cherokee driving southbound on Hwy 395, passing old Clear Creek Rd at 4:36 AM. Patrol Deputies attempted to contact Christopher, but his phone went directly to voicemail.

At approximately 2:15 p.m., June 1, 2026, using information gained through the multi-jurisdictional investigation, the U.S. Marshal’s Pacific Southwest Fugitive Task Force, the Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles Division, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Bureau conducted a traffic stop in Palmdale, California, on a vehicle and recovered the missing Carson City child. The child is safe and unharmed. The suspect, Christopher Meithof, was not with the child at the time of the recovery but was located and arrested at a residence near the traffic stop. Meithof was arrested without incident and is in custody at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Palmdale station, pending extradition to Nevada. The child is in the care of Palmdale Child Protective Services, which will help facilitate the child’s return to her mother.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the following agencies for their assistance with the investigation and safe recovery of the child:

· United States Marshal’s Pacific Southwest Fugitive Task Force

· Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles Division

· Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Bureau

· Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force

Sheriff Ken Furlong and U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield will be holding a press conference at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Ormsby room on June 2, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. to provide additional details of the investigation.

If you have any information pertaining to this investigation, please contact Detective Bruce Pendragon at (775) 283-7856.

TAHOE BASIN, Calif. — Residents across the Tahoe Basin received an Amber Alert early Monday morning after a child was reportedly abducted from a home in Carson City.

5-year-old Amaya Meithof was reportedly taken from 2021 Lone Mountain #15 in Carson City Monday, June 1, 2026. The suspect has been identified as Christopher Meithof, 41, who is believed to be driving a 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Oregon license plate 576 QNU. Christopher Meithof was described as a six-foot-tall, 170-pound white man.

Authorities said the last known direction of travel was southbound toward Quartz Hill, California. Amaya is reported to have common allergies.

Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or contact the Carson City Sheriff’s Office 775-722-7080 or 775-887-2677.