LOVEDEEP SINGH - 15 yo - Los Angeles(Southwest) CA

Missing Boy: Teen From India Vanishes During First Trip to L.A.

Lovedeep Singh, 15, was part of an organized educational tour group.

Lovedeep Singh, 15. (LAPD)

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Police are asking for the public's help
in locating a 15-year-old boy from India who disappeared while visiting
Los Angeles for the first time.

Lovedeep Singh was last seen around 8:30 a.m. on June 23 near the
Radisson Hotel along the 3500 block of South Figueroa Street. He was
part of an organized educational tour group visiting Los Angeles, police
said. VIDEO: Teen From India Vanishes During Trip to L.A. - Cheryl Getuiza reports
Singh speaks Hindu, but also speaks some English. He is unfamiliar with
the area since this is his first trip to Los Angeles, officials said.
Singh is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 130 pounds with black hair and
brown eyes. He was wearing a gray shirt with tan pants and was carrying
a red back pack.
Police say there is no evidence of foul play.

Anyone with information on Singh's whereabouts is asked to contact the
Southwest Watch Commander, at (213) 485-2582. During non business hours
or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7.
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-indian-boy-missing-in-los-angeles,0,5551481.story

kiwimom wrote:Missing Boy: Teen From India Vanishes During First Trip to L.A.

Lovedeep Singh, 15, was part of an organized educational tour group.

Lovedeep Singh, 15. (LAPD)

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Police are asking for the public's help
in locating a 15-year-old boy from India who disappeared while visiting
Los Angeles for the first time.

Lovedeep Singh was last seen around 8:30 a.m. on June 23 near the
Radisson Hotel along the 3500 block of South Figueroa Street. He was
part of an organized educational tour group visiting Los Angeles, police
said. VIDEO: Teen From India Vanishes During Trip to L.A. - Cheryl Getuiza reports
Singh speaks Hindu, but also speaks some English. He is unfamiliar with
the area since this is his first trip to Los Angeles, officials said.
Singh is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 130 pounds with black hair and
brown eyes. He was wearing a gray shirt with tan pants and was carrying
a red back pack.
Police say there is no evidence of foul play.

Anyone with information on Singh's whereabouts is asked to contact the
Southwest Watch Commander, at (213) 485-2582. During non business hours
or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7.
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-indian-boy-missing-in-los-angeles,0,5551481.story

How scary, hope they find him. You send a child on an educational trip, and they go missing.Wonder if he was with his group when he disappeared?

Posters Note: I can't find any updates since this article on July 8.

LOS ANGELES, CA – A 15-year-old Indian boy on a visit to Los Angeles
as part of an educational tour has gone missing. Lovedeep Singh was last
seen on the morning of June 23 and authorities are seeking the public’s
assistance in finding the boy. Authorities said that while the
circumstances surrounding Singh’s disappearance are unclear, “there is
currently no evidence of foul play”.
“As each day passes, our concern heightens,” said Darnell Davenport, at LAPD’s Southwest Division.
Davenport said that his department was concerned that Singh, who has a
substantial amount of money in his pocket, “befriended someone over the
Internet and maybe they came and picked him up”.
“He doesn’t really speak English. Where would he go? Who would he
communicate with? Where would he stay every night? He is 15 years old,”
Davenport added.
Singh and his 10-year-old brother were part of a group of about 30
people who had arrived from India for an educational trip that was to
include tourist spots in California.
Five L.A. detectives flew to San Francisco to interview members of Singh’s tour group at the Indian Consulate.
Releasing details of Singh’s height and weight, authorities said the
teenager was carrying a red back pack and wearing a grey shirt and pants
when he went missing.
Singh was taking photographs in front of a hotel across the street from the University of Southern California when he vanished.
Singh apparently remained outside when the rest of the group went into the hotel.
An hour later, when the group leaders took a head count, they discovered they were “one body short”.
Police said that it was difficult to question other members of the tour group since they knew limited English.
The group later continued its trip to San Francisco.http://www.indiajournal.com/?p=7989

The Los Angeles Police Department report that Lovedeep Singh, the teen tourist from India missing since June 30th,
was found Wednesday safe in Merced. Authorities say Singh, a
15-year-old traveling with an education group, was in good condition,
and there were no signs of foul play.

The LAPD believe Singh may have accidentally become separated from
his companions, and tried, albeit unsuccessfully, rejoin them.

He has been taken into the custody by The Department of Children and
Family Services, and he will soon be able to return home to India.

So why Merced? Information about how the teen, who speaks very little
English, came to be there has not been made available.
http://laist.com/2011/07/15/missing_indian_teen_lovedeep_singh.php