The boy, Ryan Ramos, was found alone Sunday in a Mormon church in Juarez, Mexico, and was expected home in Orange County on Monday, sheriff\'s spokesman Jim Amormino said. He had been missing since Wednesday, when his father Lonnie Ramos, 46, allegedly shot his estranged wife in the face during a custody exchange and took off with their child.

On Monday, authorities announced that Lonnie Ramos had been killed in a car accident, also in Juarez, Amormino said. He did not have any other details.

The boy was in El Paso, Texas, awaiting a private flight to Southern California, he said.

Gynnae Ramos, the boy\'s mother, was in good condition at Mission Hospital, Orange County sheriff\'s Lt. Kurt Vasentine said.

After the shooting Wednesday, a statewide Amber Alert was issued for two cars that Ramos might have been driving. A motor home was added after someone reported renting it to the fugitive.

Authorities then got a tip the father and son had been spotted crossing the border by foot near Andrade, about 160 miles east of San Diego.

The 39-foot purple-and-gold motor home rented by Ramos was found there Saturday.

Ramos apparently tried to buy plane tickets for himself and his son at John Wayne Airport on Wednesday night but was unable to do so because he refused to show any identification or provide his name, Amormino said.

Ramos\' wife filed for divorce in 2003, and the two have been locked in a divorce and custody battle, court records indicated.

(AP)