Bloodhounds and police helicopters on Sunday joined a frantic search for a missing 5-year-old boy whose father was found unconscious in a South Pasadena, California, park and was later arrested for child abduction.
Local police are asking for anyone with information about Aramazd Andressian Jr to come forward and help bring the boy home to his mother, who has not seen him in person since the morning of April 15, when she handed him over to her estranged husband, Aramazd Andressian Sr, at the Baldwin Park Police Department as part of a custody-sharing arrangement.
South Pasadena Police Chief Art Miller said during a weekend press conference that investigators have had a difficult time getting answers from the elder Andressian, who was charged on Saturday on counts of child endangerment and child abduction after paramedics found him unconscious in Arroyo Park at 6.30am.
Investigators don’t know why the man was unconscious, Miller said, adding that there is no evidence he was attacked by anyone.
Andressian was taken to a hospital for treatment and then released before being arrested. His statements have been ‘convoluted and contradictory,’ Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Captain Chris Bergner said. The department is helping with the investigation.
The mother of Aramazd Jr reported the boy missing at 9am on Saturday, telling police that her estranged husband had failed to drop the boy off at a pre-arranged meeting place. The parents are in the process of getting a divorce and share custody of the young boy.
The 5-year-old was last seen remotely by his mother on Tuesday when the two spoke through a Skype video call.
He was supposed to speak to his mother via video call again on Thursday but that did not happen, officials said.
Miller asked the public to report if they had recently spotted the father’s car, described as a silver four-door 2004 BMW. The car was last seen early Friday morning in Orange County.
‘There’s got to be someone out there that knows the whereabouts of Aramazd Andressian,’ Miller said. ‘I’m asking you as a law enforcement official and as a parent, if you know anything, please contact us.’
NBC Los Angeles reported that bloodhounds have scoured Arroyo Seco Park at least twice in search of the missing child.
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