CHRISTIAN VALASQUEZ - 19 months - Midland TX

Midland TX ----The Midland Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for a missing 19-month-old boy.

Police are searching for 26-year-old Michael Edward Beseril.



Police said that at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in the area of North Marienfeld Street and Cuthbert Avenue in Midland, Beseril took Christian Velasquez from his mother.

Beseril is described as a Hispanic male, 5-feet 7-inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with black hair and brown
eyes, wearing a blue shirt and black pants.

Beseril is believed to be driving a 1993 Red Jeep Cherokee, licence plate 662WVH.

Velasquez is described as 3-feet 2-inches tall, weighing 35 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Velasquez was last seen wearing a green shirt and gray sweatpants.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts should immediately contact their local police department, the Midland Police Department at 685-7108, or Crimestoppers at 694-TIPS.

The Amber Alert for a 19 month old Midland boy has been cancelled after
he is found safe in Odessa and the suspected kidnapper is arrested.

Authorities
tell us the Christian Velasquez was found safe around 11:00 Wednesday
night and 26-year-old Michael Edward Beseril was arrested without
incident.

He is currently being held in the Midland County Jail
on a charge of kidnapping.

Midland Police had issued the amber
alert after Christian’s mother reported that Beseril had taken him from
her in the area of Marienfeld and Cuthbert around 2:30.

Midland police confirmed late Wednesday that the Amber Alert
issued earlier in the day was canceled after the 19-month-old missing
boy was found at an Odessa residence.

The alert was issued after
Christian Velasquez was allegedly taken by his mother’s estranged
boyfriend Michael Edward Beseril, 26, around 2:15 p.m. when the mother
claimed she was walking near Marienfeld Street and Cuthbert Avenue and
Beseril drove up, grabbed Velasquez and fled the scene, police said.

The
mother then reported the kidnapping to police around 4:15 p.m. when
authorities began the investigation.

MPD Sgt. David Garcia said
detectives began following up leads and found that Beseril had a
criminal history, including previous charges of family violence, and
believed that Velasquez was in immediate danger so they issued the Amber
Alert.

Police said that Beseril and the baby’s mother had an
off-and-on again relationship and that paternity had not been
established giving investigators another cause for concern.

The Amber Alert was issued Wednesday night after a 19-month-old boy
was allegedly taken by his mother's boyfriend.

Police
say 26-year-old Michael Edward Beseril drove up to the child's mother
who was walking along Marienfield and Cuthbert, grabbed the kid and fled
the scene.
After the mother filed a police report on Wednesday afternoon, an
Amber Alert was issued. Authorities say that once the report was filed,
they found the boy without incident.
"It went pretty quickly and smoothly. The only thing unusual was that
they waited to file a report to the police," Tina Jauz, with the City
of Midland, said.

The child was found at a home in Odessa, and
was returned safely to his mother.

Beseril is charged with
aggravated kidnapping among other charges.

He is being held
without bond.