‘Most Wanted’ joins Giovanni search

LYNN – “America’s Most Wanted” will flash missing Giovanni Gonzalez’ face across television screens nationwide Saturday in hopes of gleaning even the smallest detail about his whereabouts.The 5-year-old boy missing since Aug. 16/17 will be included in the television program’s missing persons segment typically broadcast 35 minutes into the show’s Saturday 9 p.m. airing on Fox TV channels.”We had a huge amount of people to choose from. This one was a no-brainer. We have a missing child. We need information,” said Most Wanted correspondent Jon Leiberman Wednesday.The televised effort to sustain public interest in Gonzalez’ disappearance parallels police searches throughout Lynn for the boy. District Attorney’s spokesman Steve O’Connell said investigators meet today to decide how to continue searches that, to date, have focused on Flax Pond and Pine Grove Cemetery, among several locations.”There are several areas investigators are considering searching,” O’Connell said.Daisy Colon dropped off her son with the boy’s father, Ernesto Gonzalez, Aug. 15 at 5 p.m. She could not contact Gonzalez when she went to retrieve her son on Aug. 17 at 8 p.m. in his Brightwood Terrace apartment a block from District Court.She called police who questioned Gonzalez in his apartment. He told them he had not seen the boy since Aug. 10. They arrested him and charged him with child endangerment after checking Colon’s cell phone and verifying she had spoken with Gonzalez on Aug. 15.Witnesses told police they saw or heard the boy as late as 8 p.m. on Aug. 16.Colon, an East Boston resident, met with police Wednesday and reinforced the call for public help in gathering any and all information on his disappearance.”If anyone has any clue, we’re just hoping they can come forward and say something,” Colon said.The Center for Missing and Exploited Children has featured Giovanni on its Web site for a week and distributed color posters of Giovanni with his description and police contact information in hotels, motels, fast food restaurants and other locations in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico.Senior case manager Gary Gardiner said the Center has received one tip to date regarding Giovanni.”We passed it on to law enforcement for immediate follow up,” he said. “We encourage people to check our website and call our number, 1-800-THE-LOST.”