Orson West was 3 years old when he was last seen on December 21, 2020, in California City, California. He was missing along with his 4-year-old brother, Orrin West; the boys’ adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West, reported them missing and said they had vanished from the family backyard. An extensive search turned up no trace of either child.

Authorities later arrested the adoptive parents in 2022 on suspicions that the boys had died months before they were reported missing. The children’s bodies have not been found and the investigation remains open. If anyone in California City in late 2020 remembers seeing the boys or has information that could help, please come forward.