NO SIGN OF BROTHERS, ABDUCTED CHILDREN
Miriam Hernandez

abc7.com
July 23 2008
CA

There’s still no sign of two brothers accused of abducting their
own children.

Police are looking for John Silah and his brother George Silah, who
both failed to return their sons to their ex-wives after a parental
visit. The mothers have custody of the boys.

Click here for a slideshow of the missing children and their two
fathers The LAPD said it uncovered evidence of a scam operation in
the brothers’ home where the boys were last seen. Police believe
the men were conning members of their own Armenian community and may
have enemies.

John Silah operated a real-estate consulting business and his brother
George Silah had a check-cashing operation.

They abandoned their Westchester rental property where police
found an empty gun case and evidence of an operation to make fake
identification.

"He is running away from the Armenian mafia, so I am afraid my son
will be caught in between two fires," said Chrstine Jeanbart, mother
of abducted 9-year-old son Greg Silah. "And that is why I am panicking
at this point."

Inside the house, police found documents in a shredder: photos of
immigrants, passport applications, her husband’s current driver’s
license.

"I know that they are running away with a lot of money, thousands
and millions of dollars," Jeanbart said.

Greg left for a parental visitation with his father and hasn’t been
seen since.

"Greg, it’s mommy," Jeanbart said. "Sweetie, I am going to come and
get you, no matter what. Just hold on tight."

Just as frantic was the mother of Greg’s cousins, 8-year old Zaven
and 12-year-old Alexander.

"My worst fear is that they are in pain, they are unhealthy, they’re
worried, they don’t understand what’s going on," said Zanni Meguerian.

The boys’ fathers are wanted by LAPD on suspicion of child abduction.

The ex-wives believe the men are in cars stolen from people in
Glendale. There’s information that George Silah crossed the border into
Mexico days before the boys disappeared, but then returned to the U.S.

"I don’t know where they are in this world, I don’t know if they’re
still in the country, or out of the country, and what they must be
thinking and going through is really what hurts and what makes me
really worried and concerned," said Meguerian.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of this family, you’re
asked to call LAPD detectives at Pacific Division: (310) 482-6313.

The ex-wives say the two men are very friendly, very sociable. They
say they’re also very deceptive. LAPD tells Eyewitness News the men
are simply con artists.