CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / RIVERSIDE
A 7-year-old boy was abducted from a sidewalk about 8 a.m. Friday as he was walking to school, police said.
Eduardo Rivera was with three other children near Cole Avenue and Kinnow Lane when one or two men approached him and led him into a waiting car, police said.
Police said the boy was driven off in a car and later transferred to a gold Cadillac Escalade with temporary tags that may be from out of state.
Riverside Police Lt. Brian Baitx said both of Eduardo’s parents are in jail -- one in Orange County and the other in San Bernardino County -- on charges of fraud and identity theft.
“We are trying to get additional information from the parents,” Baitx said. “With the parents in custody, someone in the family might want to get the kids back, but at this point we are treating it as a stranger abduction.”
Eduardo is 3 feet 6 inches tall, 65 pounds and wearing a dark sweatshirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information should call Det. James Brandt at (951) 353-7137. Anyone spotting the victim is asked to call 911.
-- David Kelly
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