Fernando Renteria, the father of a teenage suspect involved in the killing of 16-year-old Mason Caballero, faces accusations of aiding his son's attempted escape to Mexico. According to court documents, phone records indicate that Renteria collected his son shortly after the fatal shooting on October 7, which took place in the vicinity of Ben Lomond High School. As KUTV reported, police allege that the father also misled authorities about his son's whereabouts following a video that emerged showing the family driving toward Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
In the ensuing investigation, detectives sought collaboration from Homeland Security to track the movements of Renteria's wife and the teenage suspect. The inquiry revealed that both individuals had boarded a flight from Las Vegas to Monterrey, Mexico. This development came to light after police, returning to the Renteria residence on October 9, confronted Fernando Renteria, who at the time claimed to be unaware of his son and wife's location, as KSL disclosed.
Additional evidence implicating the Renteria family includes video surveillance from the Las Vegas airport. This footage, obtained by authorities, notably captures Renteria with another relative and three other individuals, seemingly bidding farewell to the suspect and the mother before they proceeded through airport security. Tracking of vehicles linked to the family found that two cars registered to Fernando Renteria were used to facilitate the transit to the airport on the day of the shooting, corroborating the prosecution's narrative of a planned escape, as reported by ABC4.
