Authorities Saturday circulated a photo of a 12-year-old boy who went missing in the south Los Angeles area.
Jaylen Collins Welch was last seen at about 3 p.m. Friday in the area of Grape and East 115th streets, according to a California Highway Patrol Ebony Alert.
Collins was described as a 4-feet-11-inch tall Black male weighing 90 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue shorts and black Nike slippers.
Anyone with information regarding Welch’s whereabouts was urged to call the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast station at 213-972-7828 or 213-996-1800. Anonymous callers may call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or send tips to lacrimestoppers.org.
The law creating Ebony Alerts went into effect on New Year’s Day, focusing on Black children, teenagers and young adults 12 to 25 years old who are missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, cognitively impaired or have been abducted.