Rodney King's youngest daughter is reportedly missing. Family members say they're 'very hopeful' she'll be found after contacting authorities.
- One of the daughters of Rodney King was reported missing last week, police told Insider.
- Family members said Tristian King was last spotted in Santa Monica, California.
Authorities and family are looking for one of the daughters of Rodney King, the man who was captured on video as he was violently beaten by Los Angeles police officers in 1991.
Local police told the LA Times that King's youngest daughter Tristian King was last spotted in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 26, planning to visit her family in the Los Angeles area. A missing person's report was filed on Friday, according to the outlet.
"Tristian contacted her family and told them that she lost her cellphone and was using a stranger's phone," a spokesperson for the Santa Monica Police Department told Insider on Tuesday. "She last contacted her family on 4/27/2022. "
Police added that "there are no other details to provide at this time."
Her sister, Lora King, asked on social media that anyone with information about Tristian's whereabouts reach out to her. Tristian is reportedly 5 foot 7 and weighs 215 pounds, according to KTTV. The outlet also noted that she has brown eyes and hair.
"If anyone happens to see my baby sister Tristan, please contact me immediately. She has been missing for 11 days now and today just so happens to be her 29th birthday," her sister, Lora King, wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, per the news station. "I have already made a missing report. I'm very hopeful that they'll be contacting me that they have found her."
"Please keep my family and myself in your prayers," she continued. "She was last seen in Santa Monica, California."
Last month marked 30 years since the officers who violently tasered and beat a 25-year-old Rodney King during an arrest in Los Angeles. The acquittal sparked a series of protests but tensions between law enforcement and locals bubbled over into five days of riots that left at least 55 people dead.