Aug 18, 2009 12:12 am US/Pacific
$10,000 Reward Offered In Search For East Bay Boy
OAKLAND (CBS 5 / BCN) ―
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Hasanni Campbell
Oakland Police Department
Oakland police and Crime Stoppers announced a $10,000 reward Monday for information leading to the whereabouts of Hasanni Campbell, a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who disappeared a week ago.
Hassani, who lived in Fremont with his foster parents, Louis Ross and Jennifer Campbell, was reported missing from the parking lot of the Shuz of Rockridge shoe store in the 6000 block of College Avenue in Oakland about 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 10.
Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said, "We definitely need the public's help" in finding Hasanni.
Thomason said police have only received about 50 tips, which he said is unusually low for a week-old missing child case.
He said police are following all the leads but haven't turned up anything so far.
Thomason said police are still treating Hasanni's disappearance as a missing persons case but as time goes on the chances of finding him alive may be dwindling.
He said on Saturday law enforcement officials and volunteers searched marshland and shoreline areas at the tip of West Winton Avenue in Hayward as well as Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont but didn't find anything significant.
Police describe Hasanni as being a black boy with medium complexion, brown hair and brown eyes. He is about 3 feet tall and weighs around 30 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and grant pants.
Hasanni's foster father says the boy wears arch supports on his feet.
Thomason said people with information on the case should call the Oakland Police Department or Crime Stoppers at (510) 777-8572 or (510) 777-3211.
Hasanni's foster parents and other family members distributed fliers in the area of the Shuz of Rockridge store Monday evening.
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