University Heights: Search for Missing 4-Year-Old Boy

By SÍLE MOLONEY

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help locating Yoan Markiel Turbi who they say is sought in connection with a custodial interference incident on July 3, 2023.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the man seen in the attached photo who they say is sought in connection with a custodial interference incident reported in University Heights.

Police said that on Sunday, July 2, at around 9.18 p.m., a 22-year-old father met with a 22-year-old mother and their 4-year-old son in the vicinity of East 182nd Street and Jerome Avenue. “After meeting at the location, the male placed the child on his motorized scooter without the mother’s consent and fled the scene with the child at a high rate of speed to parts unknown,” a police spokesperson said.

“The mother, while attempting to hold onto the scooter as the male fled, was dragged several feet into the intersection of the location. The victim was not injured as a result of this incident,” the spokesperson added.

YOANGEL SEPULVEDA, 4, WAS taken by his father without his mother’s consent amid a “custody interference incident” in University Heights on Sunday, July 2, 2023.

Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Police said the man sought has been identified as Yoan Makiel Turbi.

They said the 4-year-old child has been identified as Yoangel Sepúlveda.

Anyone with information in regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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