Belizean teen kidnapped in California

Details are in short supply, but news outlets in the United States are reporting that a Belizean teenager has been kidnapped in California. According to television stations in Los Angeles, thirteen year old Kalan Dapson was abducted from his home in Inglewood on Tuesday night around nine. According to police, the boy was with his uncle getting out of a car in his driveway when two men armed with handguns approached and were last seen dragging Dapson away down the street. According to the reports, the victim had been in the States only a few months. He is described as five foot, eight inches tall and of African descent. The gunmen were Latinos wearing black hooded sweatshirts. No motive for the abduction was given and we have been unable to locate any of the boy’s relatives here in Belize.