Crime & Safety
13-Year-old LA Boy Goes Missing While Taking Out The Trash
The family of Daniel Marquis Bell, 13 and a straight-A student last seen taking out the trash at his family home, are asking for help.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Police are asking for help finding a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy who disappeared Wednesday night while taking out the trash for his family.
Daniel Marquis Bell, a top student without any known mental or emotional problems disappeared inexplicably Wednesday night at about 9:25 p.m. when he took out the trash near the rear of his home in the 2800 block of West Vernon Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
"Daniel is a straight-A student and has not been diagnosed with any mental illnesses," a police statement said.
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According to police, Bell is Hispanic, 5 feet tall, weighing 98 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a red sweater, a red shirt, black/white/gray camouflage pants, and blue slippers.
Anyone seeing him was urged to call Southwest Station detectives, at (213) 485-2585 or (213) 485-2196; the Southwest Station watch commander at (213) 485-2582; or (877) LAPD-247.
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