UPDATE: Relief swept through Los Angeles County as the Sheriff's Department shared the heartening news that the previously missing toddler and his mother have been located. After a week-long search that involved public assistance and extensive efforts from various department assets, the worrisome saga came to a positive conclusion. The official Facebook post from the department expressed gratitude to everyone who aided in the search for one-year-old James Cash Astuto and his mother, Stephanie Monique Ramos.

In a report by Hoodline, the details of their disappearance were laid before us. The mother and son were last seen near 2000 Dela Street in Bassett, igniting a critical response from law enforcement due to no known history of disappearance or running away by Ramos. The alert described James as a Hispanic male, around 3 feet tall, 30 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. His mother, Stephanie, is a 35-year-old Hispanic woman, standing 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing about 155 pounds, with brown hair, and brown eyes. The specificity of their descriptions was paralleled by the vagueness of their last known attire, a detail as elusive as their reason for disappearance.

Their disappearance prompted the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to seek the public's help actively, calling upon anyone with information to step forward and contact them directly or through anonymous tips via L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers, as per Hoodline.