The boy, identified as as Ariel Revello, was taken in a “custodial abduction” from his home at about 4:30 a.m., police said.
Ariel, 7, is white and has brown eyes and brown hair. He is 4-foot-8 and weighs 75 pounds. He was last seen wearing gray and blue pajamas, a gray sweatshirt and an olive green puffy jacket with blue Croc shoes.
The boy and his father were in a white Ford Transit cargo van with Connecticut license plate C040379, according to the Amber Alert.
The father had a knife in his possession, according to the Connecticut Post.
Area police and the public have been alerted of the disappearance with the Amber Alert.
Anyone with information is asked to call Trumbull police at Trumbull Police Department 203-261-3665.
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