The Bakersfield Police Department announced Monday it has taken over the case of missing brothers Orson and Orrin West and is asking anyone who had contact with the boys in the past year to come forward.
Three-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin have been missing since Dec. 21, when their adoptive parents contacted police saying the boys disappeared from their California City home while playing with sidewalk chalk in the backyard in the late afternoon.
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