Crime & Safety
BREAKING: Possible Child Abduction out of LAX
A father allegedly abducted his son from the child's mother in Santa Barbara and may be heading to Mississippi through LAX.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities are asking the public to be on the look out Tuesday for a possible family child abduction suspect who may be trying to fly his son out of the state through LAX.
The 3-year-old child, Andrew Kelly, was abducted from his mother's home in Santa Barbara County at around 4 p.m. Monday, according to the Los Angeles Airport Police.
He is described as white with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is 3 fee, 3 inches tall and weighed 36 pounds.
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He is travelling with his father, Jonathan Kelly, 23. He is described as a 6-foot-3, 180-pound white man with blonde hair and hazel eyes.
Airport Police received the notification Tuesday morning from the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department that the pair may be travelling to Mississippi out of LAX, Officer Rob Pedregon said.
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Anyone with information about the abduction was urged to call Airport Police at (310) 646-4268.
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