Brothers Orson West, 3, and Orrin West, 4, were reported missing on Dec. 21 in California City.
Jacqueline and Trezell West, their adoptive parents, said the boys vanished from the backyard, possibly roaming into the California desert.
Investigators say the new leadership in the case comes as detectives uncovered new facts in the boys disappearance.
The police department s officers have executed more than 20 search warrants at homes in Bakersfield and California City so far.
The reward, initially offered at $30,000 by extended members of the West family, has increased to $120,000 contributed by multiple parties.
Family of missing toddlers speaks out, says they’re public targets
West/Watkins FamilyBy ZOHREEN SHAH and SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN, ABC News
An urgent search for two missing California City, California, toddlers missing since Dec. 21, 2020, continues.
“I just know they were really good parents as far as I’m concerned,” Wanda West, the grandmother of the toddlers said about the children’s adoptive parents in an exclusive interview with ABC News Saturday.
Brothers Orson and Orrin West ages 3 and 4, respectively, were reported missing by their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West.
“We offered a reward out of our own pockets,” the missing boys’ uncle, Jamal Watkins, told ABC News.
Family of toddlers missing since December speaks out, says they re public targets
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Posted at 8:49 AM, Feb 07, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-07 10:49:30-05 I just know they were really good parents as far as I m concerned, Wanda West, the grandmother of the toddlers said about the children s adoptive parents in an exclusive interview with ABC News Saturday.
Brothers Orson and Orrin West ages 3 and 4, respectively, were reported missing by their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West. We offered a reward out of our own pockets, the missing boys uncle, Jamal Watkins, told ABC News.
That reward, initially offered at $30,000 by extended members of the West family, has increased to $120,000 contributed by multiple parties.
Amid an urgent search for two Central California toddlers missing since December, the reward offered for information has increased. Orson West, 3, and Orrin West, 4, were reported missing on Dec. 21 in California City.