{"id":177791,"date":"2026-02-14T09:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/177791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:31:06","slug":"search-underway-for-west-covina-toddler-allegedly-abducted-by-estranged-aunt-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/177791\/","title":{"rendered":"Search underway for West Covina toddler, allegedly abducted by estranged aunt \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities on Friday were searching for an 18-month-old boy after he was taken from a West Covina home on Feb. 13.<\/p>\n<p>The West Covina Police Department said the child, identified as Isaiah Sunel Nava, was abducted around 5:50 p.m. by his estranged aunt, 26-year-old Amber Alexis Destiny Zarate, who is on parole, has a history of drug use and violence, and faces outstanding warrants.<\/p>\n<p>Zarate is homeless, frequents the Los Angeles area, and was last seen wearing a black top, white pants, and carrying a black backpack. <\/p>\n<p>The boy was last seen in a diaper.<\/p>\n<p>Police urge anyone who sees Zarate or the child to call 911 or contact the West Covina Police Department at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/search-underway-west-covina-toddler-allegedly-abducted-estranged-aunt\/3847158\/tel:6269398500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">(626) 939-8500<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities on Friday were searching for an 18-month-old boy after he was taken from a West Covina home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,41395],"class_list":{"0":"post-177791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-la","9":"tag-la-headlines","10":"tag-la-news","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","13":"tag-los-angeles-news","14":"tag-west-covina"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}