I’m not sure when/why the term Foster went to adopted. It’s somewhere in here. I always wonder when stories update - what event, evidence or statements happened in between to spark the update. They took the vehicle so quickly. And the Chief’s last statement that I’ll post is the most damning and critical pivot. They already know these little ones are gone. Foremost, we have to verify the boys are not in that backyard. Dig.......
Returning to the scene of the crime: local reporting
12/22/20
Officials did confirm that a search warrant was issued Monday night at the house the boys were living in.
As of Tuesday night, the believed foster parents are at police headquarters being interviewed by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. Investigators are also running forensic exams on certain items that belong to the toddlers.
Search continues for missing boys Orrin and Orson West, reported missing Monday
The parents went willingly with officers at 3:45 p.m. after a police cruiser entered their driveway, police said. They were not handcuffed as they were taken in for questioning.
Police served the warrant just after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Officers left the house carrying several brown bags and a large duffel bag. The parents’ white van was towed.
FBI interviewing adoptive parents of missing California City boys | KGET 17
"That's understandable. I would think the same thing," Trezol West responded. "That's exactly the point, and if we can find our babies ... that's all I want, is to find our babies."
Two California boys, 3 and 4, vanish after adoptive father said he went to gather firewood
Trezell and Jacqueline West are the boys' adoptive parents. They told 23ABC News in their
first and only media interview Wednesday, that the boys were playing with chalk in the backyard of their Cal City home when they suddenly went missing at about 4:30 or 5 p.m.
Trezell West said he was gathering wood to start a fire, while Jacqueline was wrapping Christmas presents, when the incident occurred.
Jacqueline West old 23ABC that she thinks the boys were kidnapped.
"They do not just roam around these patches, they definitely would have been picked up or something," West said.
Former BPD Lt. weighs in on missing California City boys case, gives insight into investigation
The two boys, Orson West, 3, and Orrin West, 4, went missing Dec. 21 at about 5:45 p.m. from their home at 10717 Aspen Ave., according to a news alert from the California City Police Department.
Law enforcement agencies have investigated the boys' home and property belonging to their adoptive parents, according to news reports.
The FBI has become involved in the case but the agency said the police department leads the investigation.
California City shaken, in search of answers one week after two toddlers go missing
“I can’t comment on that, whether I think they’re alive or not. I do suspect foul play,” he said. “We have not been able to put together how the boys got out of the yard or where they've gone.”
Walker said that the local police department has received assistance from the Kern County Sheriff's Office, the Bakersfield Police Department and the FBI, but California City is the lead investigating agency.
Cal City police chief on missing boys: 'I do suspect foul play'
On Dec. 23, the California City Police Department and other agencies conducted an hours-long investigation of the back yard. According to Walker, the investigation turned up nothing and police dogs have not been able to find traces of the boys outside of the house.
“We were trying to dig up any possible thing of where they had gone and to confirm that they are not in the back yard,” Walker said.
Cal City police chief on missing boys: 'I do suspect foul play'