UPDATE: Banx has been located and is safe.
Independence police say Lopez is in custody after bringing to boy to police headquarters Tuesday. The incident is under investigation.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Independence police are trying to located a 6-year-old boy who was taken by his father who does not have custody.
Banx Lopez-Robb is described as 4-feet-tall, weighing 80 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white tank top, red Jordan gym shorts and Nike slides shoes.
Police say 39-year-old Robbie Lee Lopez, the little boy’s non-custodial father, took him between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday from a home near E. 37th Terrace South and Scott Avenue.
Officials say Lopez was believed to be highly intoxicated. He also has numerous warrants for his arrest and has a history of assault and being armed.
Lopez was driving a silver 2019 Nissan Pathfinder with an unknown license plate.
Anyone who sees Banx or Lopez or has information is asked to call 911 or Independence police at 816-836-3600.