Boy Found at Paramount Homeless Encampment; Parents Sought

A homeless man walks along the concrete banks of the Los Angeles River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles on May 25, 2020. (Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)

PARAMOUNT, Calif.—The search was continuing on April 29 for the parents of a boy who was found in a Paramount homeless encampment.

The boy, whose name is possibly Anthony, was found about 10 a.m. on April 28 with a man at the encampment located at the Los Angeles River near the Long Beach (710) and Glenn Anderson (105) freeways, according to Deputy David Yoo of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

An undated photo of a boy who was found in a homeless encampment near the Long Beach (710) and Glenn Anderson (105) freeways in Paramount, Calif., on the morning of April 28, 2022. (Courtesy of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

No further information regarding the boy or how he came to be at the homeless encampment was available. The parents had not been found as of the morning of April 29, the sheriff’s department reported.

Anyone who can identify the boy or his parents was asked to call the Sheriff’s Lakewood Station watch commander at 562-623-3500 or Detective Delgadillo at 562-254-6176. Anonymous tips can be provided to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.