AMBER ALERT: TOT ABDUCTED AT MISSION BAY

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Update: The body of missing chlid Wesley Hilare was found in Mission Bay.  Police now believe the boy drowned and that the report of a man walking off with the boy was a false lead.

Photo of Wesley Hilaire, by Daniesha Hilaire

September 13, 2015 (San Diego)  --- An Amber alert has been issued across southern California for a 4-year-old African-American boy abducted from San Diego last night at 7:44 p.m.  He vanished while at Mission Bay in the 2800 block of East Mission Bay Drive. He was last seen with a man who is believed to have abducted him from a family gathering.

Wesley Hilaire was last seen wearing red shorts and no shirt.  He is 4 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 40 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

The suspect, a stranger to the family, is described as a 40-year old African-American man, 6 feet tall, 235 pounds with short black hair. He was last seen wearing a grey T-shirt, dark blue jeans with a hole in the right knee, and flip flops.

NBC 7 news reports that Daniesha Hilaire, the boy’s mother, says her sister had taken Wesley and other children to the beach.  The children were swimming but came out of the water to go to a restroom.  A witness at the scene reported seeing the suspect walk away with the child.

Lifeguards searched the water and surrounding area; police dogs and a helicopter have been brought in to help with the search. UT San Diego reports cars were being stopped and drivers questioned nearby.

10 News reports that the child’s father, Wesnel Hilaire, is deployed with the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Washington bound for Japan. 

If you have information please call 911 or the San Diego Police Department at (619) 531-2000.


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