Amber Alert Issued for Kidnapped Toddler

An Amber Alert was issued tonight for a 2-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her armed father from a Department of Children and Family Services worker in Chatsworth.

The abduction occurred about 2:05 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol, which identified the girl as Lanees Issa and the suspect as 27- year-old Louai Nayel Issa.

The girl is described as Middle Eastern, about 2 feet tall, weighing around 35 pounds with brown hair and eyes. She was wearing a pink and orange shirt, pink pants and pink sandals when last seen.

The suspect is also Middle Eastern, about 5 feet 11 inches tall, around 165 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans when last seen and should be considered armed and dangerous, according to the CHP, which issued the Amber Alert on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Lt. Bob Long of the LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Division said Issa, a Jordanian national, pointed a handgun at a DCFS worker who had custody of the child at the end a supervised visit in Chatsworth.

A second Jordanian man arrived in a getaway vehicle during what appeared to be a pre-planned abduction and both men drove off with the girl, Long said.

The girl’s mother, who was not present at the supervised meeting, may have had knowledge of the plan and investigators want to speak with her, Long said.

The child had been taken into DCFS custody because of her parents’ history of drug-related neglect of the girl.

Issa and the child was last seen in a silver Honda CRV with a partial California license plate of “W122,” according to the CHP.

The Amber Alert was in effect for Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Ventura and San Bernardino counties, the CHP reported.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the child and suspect were urged to call 911 or (877) LAPD-24-7.

City News Service