The Los Angeles City Council today passed a motion offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individuals who kidnapped three boys from a Playa del Rey home.

ITEM NO. (36)

08-0010-S40

• MOTION (ROSENDAHL – GREUEL) relative to an offer of reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the abduction of Greg, Alex and Zaven Silah on July 2, 2008.Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
  1. PROVIDE an offer of reward in the amount of $25,000 for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the abduction of Greg, Alex and Zaven Silah on July 2, 2008.
  2. FIND that the subject reward complies with the provisions of Chapter 12, Article 1, Division 19, of the Los Angeles Administrative Code.
  3. DIRECT the City Clerk to publish the required notices and/or advertisements to effectuate this reward.

The family of the children would like to offer their sincerest gratitude to Councilman Bill Rosendahl, 11th district for entering the motion and Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, Second District for her second.

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August 4, 2008

WHEN: Wednesday August 6, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Los Angeles Police Department, Pacific Division

12312 Culver Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90066

WHY: To provide updates on the missing Silah children—Alex age 12, Greg age 10, and Zaven age 8—and to ask the media to help get the word out about the tragic abduction by the boys’ fathers John and George Silah, who now have felony arrest warrants issued against them (August 1, 2008) and who are allegedly running from would-be killers who have left more than 44 violent voice mail messages on their cell phones (which indicates that the children are in imminent danger.

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LOS ANGELES (CBS) – Felony arrest warrants have been issued for two brothers suspected of kidnapping their three sons a month ago, the mothers’ publicist announced Saturday.

The arrest warrants for George Silah, 46, and Jean John Silah, 47, were issued Friday after the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office determined they may have abducted the children, according to Cherie Kerr of KerrPR.

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