Woman Found Dead at Home; Son Missing : Crime: Megan Michelle Whalley, 19, of Orange was beaten, and the family car is gone. Police are seeking her boyfriend, the 13-month-old child’s father, for questioning.

A mother came home from work Tuesday to find her 19-year-old daughter apparently beaten to death and her infant grandson missing along with the family’s two-door sedan, authorities said.

Megan Michelle Whalley was found sprawled in a pool of blood on the floor of her bedroom in the 200 block of Poinsettia Drive about 12:30 p.m., Police Detective Sgt. Barry Weinstein said. Susan Whalley found her daughter clothed, and police said there was no sign of sexual assault.

Megan Whalley, who was unemployed and living with her parents, had been at home with her 13-month-old son, Nicholas Stewart, police said. Investigators have no suspects, Weinstein said, but want to question Danny Eugene Stewart, the boy’s father and Whalley’s boyfriend.

“We believe that the child is with Mr. Stewart,” Weinstein said, “and Mr. Stewart is believed to be driving the missing vehicle.”

Stewart, 23, is described as white, about six feet tall and weighing 170 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. The missing vehicle is a cream-colored 1983 Toyota Tercel, with the license number 3HGA036.

No weapons have been located, police said, and investigators do not know the exact cause of death. An autopsy is scheduled, Weinstein said.

Several neighbors described the victim as “very pretty,” but few had talked to her recently. None knew her name. They recalled seeing an “It’s a Boy” sign in the front window when Nicholas was brought home from the hospital. Since then, they’ve noticed Megan Whalley, Stewart and their son strolling the neighborhood or sitting on the front lawn.

“It seems like (Stewart) wasn’t allowed in the house or something,” said Joan Bergstrom, a resident of the neighborhood for 23 years who described the area as “the sort where you hardly have to lock your doors.” Bergstrom lives two doors from the Whalleys.

Dan LeBoeuf, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years, said the family “kept to themselves.” LeBoeuf said he saw Stewart visiting his son and girlfriend “almost daily,” but never going in the house or coming out of the house.

Police said several calls of domestic violence have been made from the same address involving Stewart, but details of those calls were not available Tuesday.

Anyone with information about the case should call Orange police at (714) 744-7530.