Six-year-old Alexander Quintana was reported missing from Orange, California, on December 30, 2021. Authorities describe the case as a parental abduction: his mother, Antonina Aslanova Quintana, is believed to have taken him. At the time he disappeared Alexander had light brown hair and brown eyes.

A felony warrant for child abduction was issued for Antonina Aslanova Quintana on January 15, 2022. Alexander’s father, Cesar Quintana, had been awarded sole custody before the abduction; the mother had supervised visits. The abduction reportedly occurred while the father was recovering from surgery and had permitted a visit; when he awoke both the mother and child were gone. They are believed to possibly have traveled to Mariupol, Ukraine. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation and the search remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Alexander’s whereabouts or saw him and Antonina in late December 2021 or afterward, please come forward.