Ivan Velasquez was one year old when he and his mother, Leidy Velasquez Aguilar, were last seen in Smoaks, South Carolina, on September 27, 2022. The two disappeared together and have not been heard from since. Ivan is described as a little boy with black hair and brown eyes; Leidy was a teenager at the time.

The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office is the investigating agency and the case has been classified as endangered missing. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has publicized the case. Very few details about the circumstances of their disappearance have been released, and the investigation remains active.

If anyone in the Smoaks area or elsewhere has information about Ivan or Leidy’s whereabouts or recalls seeing them around September 27, 2022, contact the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office.