Austin Cole Hernandez was an infant of 10 months when he was taken from Tehachapi, California, on April 28, 1997, by his non-custodial father, Gilbert Arredondo Hernandez. Gilbert, then about 32, had reportedly threatened to take the child previously and removed Austin while the boy’s mother, Rhonda Accord, was out. An FBI warrant was issued charging Gilbert with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

The pair were last seen in a brown 1986 Nissan Maxima, California plate 1NRE732. Authorities have suggested they might be in areas including Las Vegas or in Los Angeles or San Bernardino counties. Gilbert is described as having a scar on the back of his head and may have used the name Gil Junior. Age-progressed images of both Austin and his father have been circulated, but Austin’s whereabouts remain unknown.

If anyone has information about Austin’s location, his father’s, or remembers seeing that vehicle in late April 1997, please come forward.