Authorities confirm they've asked the adoptive parents of the missing California city toddlers to submit to a lie detector test.
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Polygraph test was requested from missing California City boys adoptive parents, officials confirm
Authorities confirm that a polygraph test was requested from Trezell and Jaqueline West, the adoptive parents of the toddler brothers reported missing in California City on Dec. 21.
Cal City Police Chief Jon Walker confirmed the Wests were asked to take the test, the day after the couple reported 3-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin West missing.
In the search for those answers, here's what authorities have done so far in the case, according to Walker.
- Excavated the parents backyard, to make sure the boys weren't buried underneath
- Used search dogs which found the scent of the boys inside the home, but not outside as they were reported to be before disappearing
- Used cadaver dogs inside the home -- no scent of human remains detected.
- Search warrant used to collect items from the home, including adoptive parents cell phones, ipads and other electronic devices. Phones have since been returned.
- Adoptive parents van tested with luminol - no indication of blood found.
- Spoke neighbors in the area. No positive ID of any of the Wests 6 children. Walker says the family only moved to California City in September. They previously lived in Bakersfield.
- Searched adoptive parents previous properties in Bakersfield
- Searched former Saddle Ranch Resort property
According to Walker, the
last time the boys were seen by anyone other than the Wests was by their grandmother in Bakersfield. Walker was unable to comment on when that occurred.
Before that, Walker said someone other than family also saw the boys in Bakersfield. Walker was unable to comment on that date as well.