LAKEWOOD, CA — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help finding an at-risk 13-year-old boy who went missing Wednesday night.
Gian Carlo Basco was last seen at around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday on the 5200 block of Premiere Avenue, south of Candlewood Street, according to deputies.
#LASD is Asking for the Public’s Help Locating At-Risk Missing Juvenile, Gian Carlo Basco, #Lakewood https://t.co/ncobuLQN9G pic.twitter.com/MW4ybSapQ2
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) December 4, 2025
The young teenager is Filipino, 5-foot-5, 120 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt when he went missing.
Anyone with information that could help reunite the boy with his worried family is urged to call the sheriff’s Lakewood Station at 562-623-3500.