August 19, 2008 Mother of missing boy begs for his safe return Play video

(NECN: Josh Brogadir, Lynn, Mass.) - Police in Lynn, Massachusetts continue to search for missing five-year-old Giovanni Gonzalez. The boy went missing over the weekend while in the care of his father -- who is now behind bars. Police say Ernesto Gonzalez is not cooperating with the investigation.

Authorities say he was last seen Friday afternoon in Lynn, Massachusetts. When his mother went to pick him up on Sunday, he was not there.

Police took a dumpster away this morning as evidence near the Brightwood Terrace Apartments, but wouldn't say why.

The boy's father, Ernesto Gonzalez, is in jail on $500,000 bond, charged with child endangerment. Lynn Police say he won't answer questions about the boy's whereabouts.

The boy's mother, Daisy Colon, is begging for her son's safe return. He is a very outgoing person. "If anybody sees him, he's just, like, talkable. He's very outgoing," said Colon.

Giovanni is Hispanic, weighs 40 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes and a birth mark on the inside of his left ankle.

Police say Giovanni's father, Ernesto, had a cut on his hand when police first met with him and he has a previous conviction of assault and battery charges.