Overview

• Authorities discovered the body of a boy estimated at 5 or 6 years old on July 12 in a parking lot off Van Nuys Boulevard
• Detectives acted on a tip to execute a late Monday search warrant at a Lanark Street apartment, detaining one man and one woman and transferring two children to DCFS custody
• A separate operation near Sunset Boulevard and Ivar Avenue in Hollywood resulted in the detention of two men and an adult woman
• The LAPD’s Abused Child Unit has taken command of the multi-location probe to collect evidence and determine the detained adults’ connection to the child
• Officials have withheld the boy’s identity pending family notification as forensic analysis continues to establish the manner of death