The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department launched a search after two 9-year-old children were taken by their father. Concern is mounting for the safety of Solomon and Marozhina Sukonick.
Authorities said the children were last seen around 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, near the 1000 block of West Avenue J-8 in Lancaster. They were traveling in a black 2011 Lincoln Town Car with California license plate SOLOYST.
The Sheriff’s Department stated the children are with their father David Sukonick and expressed concern they may have been harmed in any way. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the children or the father is asked to call 661-940-3855.
One of the missing children, Marozhina Sukonick, is described as a 9-year-old white female, 4 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 90 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing pink shorts and a white t-shirt.
The other missing child, Solomon Sukonick, is also 9 years old, white, 4 feet 4 inches tall and 90 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing blue shorts and a t-shirt of an unknown color.
The father, David Sukonick, is 71 years old, white, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 135 pounds. He has brown hair and green eyes and is being sought.
Anonymous tips can be left through the Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers program at 800-222-TIPS (8477), via the P3 Tips mobile app, or online at lacrimestoppers.org.
According to a report in the New York Post, David Sukonick shared a photo of his children on his Facebook account on July 13. The report noted that a user commenting on the post wrote the children looked “haggard.” The comment was seen as an indication that the children might have been in distress at that time.
