Missing Santa Ana boy with a limited mental capacity found at a church in Anaheim

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: UPDATE: CRITICAL MISSING 13 YEAR OLD LOCATED INSIDE ANAHEIM CHURCH

Child was located inside an Anaheim church save and sound. He is being returned to his family

Original: Location: 614 North Jenkins

On Thursday, 3/9/17, at 3:53 pm, officers responded to a critical missing call. Anthony Gálvez, a 13 year old boy, with a mental capacity of a 5 year old, walked away from his residence in the 600 block of N. Jenkins. He was last seen in the area of 300 N. Euclid Way. Officers coordinated a grid search with marked units and OCSD airship Duke.

Missing Anthony Gálvez was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue sweat pants with stripes on the side, grey and orange Sketchers shoes. Gálvez got on an OCTA bus in Santa Ana and got off the bus at Katella/Euclid in the city of Anaheim. SAPD officers are currently working with Anaheim PD as they continue their search.

Anyone seeing the missing please contact Santa Ana or Anaheim Police Departments.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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