Boy kidnapped in Palm Springs

[girlwithsoul]

PALM DESERT, California (CNN) -- Two men abducted a 9-year-old boy Wednesday from his home south of Palm Springs, California, and sped away in a white sport utility vehicle, the Riverside County sheriff said.

The missing boy is Nicholas Michael Farber. He is 4 feet 4 inches tall and has brown hair with blond highlights. He was last seen wearing only Fruit of the Loom underwear.

Authorities described one of the suspects as 20 to 30 years old. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds and has short, dark, slicked-back hair and a goatee. He was last seen wearing dark clothing and carrying a black backpack.

Authorities described the second suspect as either a dark complexioned or black male, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. He was last seen wearing dark sweats and a brown nylon stocking over his head and face.

Their vehicle is possibly a white GMC Yukon. The license plate is unknown.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Riverside County Sheriff's Department at 760-836-3215.

[GuineaBaby]

Around what time did this happen? I'm curious why the boy was just in his underwear.

[girlwithsoul]

I don't know....this is all the news they had so far. I'm sure it's just Breaking News and they wanted to get an Amber Alert out as soon as possible. I'll get y'all updated

[girlwithsoul]

UPDATE:


PALM DESERT, California (CNN) -- Two men abducted a 9-year-old boy from his Southern California home Wednesday after assaulting his father and then sped away in a white sport utility vehicle, authorities said.

The missing boy is Nicholas Michael Farber, who is 4 feet, 4 inches tall and has brown hair with blond highlights. He was last seen wearing only Fruit of the Loom underwear.

"The boy was taken by force" after two men forced their way into the Palm Desert home south of Palm Springs, said Dennis Gutierrez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. There were weapons left at the scene, but Gutierrez had no details.

Gutierrez said the sheriff's department received a phone call reporting the incident about 2 a.m. PDT. The motive for the abduction is unknown.

The boy's father, who told authorities he didn't know the men, said he saw several other men in a vehicle parked outside the home.

Mary Kay Plock, a spokeswoman for Eisenhower Medical Center in nearby Rancho Mirage, said the father, Michael Farber, 47, was brought to the emergency room at 2:56 a.m. with bruises on his face, head and chest. He was treated and released about two hours later.

An "Amber Alert" has not been issued to notify the public about the kidnapping, said Jim Harris of the California Highway Patrol. However, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said it had posted a modified alert.

The highway patrol is responsible for issuing Amber alerts, which put agencies on the lookout for a missing child and inform the public about the abduction through electronic billboards along major roads.

"It's very early in the process, and we don't have enough information," Harris said.

Authorities describe one of the suspects as 20 to 30 years old. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds and has short, dark slicked-back hair and a goatee. He was last seen wearing dark clothes and carrying a black backpack.

The authorities described the second suspect as a 6-foot-3-inch male weighing 250 pounds. He was last seen wearing dark sweats and a brown nylon stocking over his head and face.

Their vehicle is possibly a white GMC Yukon. The license plate is unknown.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Riverside County Sheriff's Department at 760-836-3215.


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[ksjayhawkfan]

Dam punks! Why cant they leave all these kids the he!! alone:mad: No child has a frigging chance if this doesnt stop soon.:mad: :mad:

[smeans]

oh i hope they find this little boy.:( you know to watch your kids when youre out but lately these people have gotten really brave and started taking kids from their homes:mad: wth is wrong with people??????

i honestly think if our gov't would start crackin down on these b@st@ards this chit would at least slow down. kidnapping kids is the "trend" right now. and these idiots see that the people that do this can plead insanity or some other bull chit and they get off. then they show them on tv and they get their 15 mins. of fame and thats when the copycats come out.

[smeans]

people say you cant always protect your kids and that you cant shelter them all their life. but i tell ya i dont let my kids outside by theirselves, i get scared to let them go play at the neighbors house, and i dread sending them to school.

now we have to worry about whether some idiots gonna try to break in the house and take em!! i think its time that hubby beefs up security around this place! and i think that neighbors need to start watchin out for each other and get more neighborhood watches going. although a person dont even know about their neighbors anymore:( so sad what this worlds coming to. everyones so worried about terrorists but were the ones destroying ourselves. :( :( :( :mad: :mad:

[tiffany21]

I know palm springs is on 5o miles from my home. I hope they find him safe and catch the jerks that took him.

[odyssey]

it happened at 2 AM in California, the 2 men beat the father, who was just released from hospital from his injuries.