Missing 3 Year Old

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2008
CONTACT: Matt Barnett
Public Information Officer
623-930-3276

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

Missing 3 year old Nathaniel, has been located along with his grandmother.

While preparing to release an Amber Alert on this incident, the grandmother drove into the apartment complex in the 1992 Thunderbird with Nathaniel.

At this point the grandmother, Beverly Aldana, has been brought to the Glendale Police Department to be interviewed and hopefully shed some light on their whereabouts during the morning hours.

The Glendale Police Department needs your help in locating missing 3 year old Nathaniel Young.

Nathaniel was last seen at 1:30a.m. today. His parents woke up at about 4:30a.m. and discovered the front door ajar and Nathaniel missing. Nathaniel’s grandmother, Beverly Aldana, who was staying at the apartment, was also gone.

After a search of the area by family members it was discovered that the family car was also missing. The car is a 1992 Blue Ford Thunderbird with Arizona license plate 480-XVZ.

The grandmother is being called a person of interest at this point in the investigation.

Nathaniel is described as a Hispanic male under 3 feet tall and weighing 32 lbs. He has dark brown hair shaped in a “bowl cut”. It is unknown what he was last wearing. He does have ink marks on his chest from playing with a pen.

Beverly is described as a 45 year old Native American female, 5’1”, weighing 115 lbs. She has long dark hair with blonde highlights. It is unknown what she was last wearing.

Anyone with information on this incident or who knows the whereabouts of Nathaniel or Beverly is asking to call the Glendale Police Department at 623-930-3000.

Missing 3 year old Nathaniel Young

Missing Woman Beverly Aldana