Above: Ilias Badys in 2009

Ilias Badys

Last seen in Sacramento, California on September 26, 2009

Vital statistics: White (Moroccan) male. Born on July 27, 2006. Curly dark brown hair, dark brown eyes. He has a birthmark on the left side of his abdomen. He may use the name "Elias Matthew Pena" and his nickname is "Eli." Was three at the time.

NCIC number: M-708698819

Circumstances: He is being concealed by his non-custodial father, Murad Al-Kanouni, who failed to return him to his mother after a visitation. He was born on January 4, 1975; he was thirty-four at the time. He may use the name "Mourad El-Kanoun." No photo or other vital statistics are available. They may be in the company of an adult male and adult female. His mother, Eva Pena, traveled to Morocco to retrieve her son and won custody of him in the Moroccan courts, but he and his father went into hiding. They are still believed to be in that country.

If you have any information as to Ilias' whereabouts, please contact the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office at 916-874-5115. Any information received can be kept confidential.


Information used to compile this casefile came from the following resources:
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Polly Klass Foundation
California Missing Persons Registry
Child Quest International

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