CARSON (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department searched today for an 8-year-old boy and his non-custodial mother, who is suspected of taking him from his elementary school in Carson.
Dylan Kostenko was last seen Tuesday at Towne Avenue Elementary School at 18924 Towne Ave. The boy's foster mother arrived about 2:40 p.m. and was informed by school personnel that he had already been picked up by his biological mother, 29-year-old Dariia Kostenko, who lost custody of Dylan last May for undisclosed reasons, according to the sheriff's department.
A court order allowed only monitored visitation and forbade the woman from picking the boy up at school, sheriff's officials said.
Dylan and Kostenko were last seen walking north from the school in a residential area. The boy was wearing blue jean shorts and a black T-shirt with an image of a dog on it and the phrase ``Dab All Day.'' Kostenko was wearing a red hoodie.
It's unclear where suspect Kostenko might be headed. She has family in New York state and is known to frequent the West Los Angeles area, according to a sheriff's statement.
Detectives plan to address the media this morning at the sheriff's Carson Station about the search for the boy and his mother. Anyone with information regarding their whereabouts was urged to call the sheriff's Carson Station at (310) 830-1123. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.