LAPD investigators say that the child and a dog were both found abandoned inside of a car connected to an attempted auto theft in Highland Park on Sunday morning.

"Efforts to identify the child through all available means have been unsuccessful, and no custodial parent or family member has contacted the police to locate the child," police said. "The child is male, with a medium complexion and curly brown hair, and was wearing a light gray quarter-zip sweater."

More details have been released about the incident, in which a child and dog were left behind in a car following an unsuccessful auto theft.

Los Angeles police are seeking the public's help in identifying a young child who was left behind, along with a dog, following an attempted car theft.

The Los Angeles Police Department is planning on releasing more details on arrests made in connection to two fatal hit-and-run crashes during a news conference Tuesday morning.

LAPD and DCFS are looking for the family of a boy found in a car after an attempted theft in Highland Park. The child, about two, was left with a dog, and no family has claimed him. Public assistance is sought.

The mother of a nearly 2-year-old boy has been arrested after the child was found alone following an attempted car theft in Highland Park, police confirmed Wednesday.

A toddler and dog were found alone in a car after a failed carjacking, police said. A toddler and dog were found alone in a car after a failed carjacking, police said. LOS ANGELES - LAPD detectives, along with the Department of Children and Family Services (DFCS), are asking the public's help in identifying a toddler that was found alone in a car.