Authorities appeal again for help in finding missing Lynn boy

(State Police Photo)

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

Law enforcement officials appealed again today for the public’s help in finding a 5-year-old Lynn boy who has been missing since mid-August.

Investigators are disappointed and frustrated, but they're also determined to find 5-year-old Giovanni Gonzalez, said John Dawley, first assistant district attorney in Essex County. Gonzalez was last seen Aug. 16.

Dawley spoke to reporters outside Lynn District Court after a pretrial hearing in the case against Ernesto Gonzalez Jr., 36, the boy’s father. The father faces a charge of child endangerment and is being held in lieu of $500,000 cash bail.

Dawley said investigators have essentially eliminated the possibility the child was taken to Puerto Rico, where his father has family.

The prosecution and defense have filed a series of motions. Another hearing was slated for Nov. 18.

Giovanni's mother, Daisy Colon, has told police she had dropped her son at the father's home. The father denied ever having the boy and refused to cooperate, though witnesses told police they saw the father and son together the weekend the boy went missing.

Investigators are asking people with any information to call the Lynn Police at 781-595-2000. Dawley said even the slightest clue could help.

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