17-05-2025
2 charged with evidence tampering as Lexington police search for missing boys
Two people have been charged with evidence tampering as Lexington police continue the search for two teen boys missing since May 11.
Jesus Eduardo Reyes-Rodriguez, 47, and a 17-year-old have been charged with tampering with physical evidence in connection with a vehicle the boys were last seen getting into, the Lexington Police Department said Friday night.
The car, a white 2020 Acura ILX, was found at Loradale Market, in the 6800 block of Russell Cave Road Thursday. Coroner Gary Ginn told WKYT authorities searched there for human remains, but none were found.
Police say Aoun Ismail Basboos, 15, and Ali Haider Naqvi, 16, were last seen getting into the back seat of the car 'just after a shots-fired incident in the 3300 block of Spangler Drive.'
The car then left Lexington 'and traveled into surrounding counties in Central Kentucky,' police said.
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the boys' whereabouts, Bluegrass Crime Stoppers said. They are thought to be 'in imminent danger,' Crime Stoppers said.
The Lexington Police Department said they've been helped with the investigation by a number of agencies, including the FBI, Kentucky State Police, Homeland Security, Fayette County Coroner's Office, Lexington Fire Department, Fayette County Public School Law Enforcement and the police departments in Nicholasville, Paris and Georgetown.
Water search near Fayette-Scott county line has been discontinued
