07-19-2015, 01:58 PM
Search Continues
Idaho authorities are now using sonar as well as divers to search a remote reservoir for missing 2-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr.
Police divers have been methodically searching every square inch of the reservoir for the little boy after cadaver dogs indicated there may be something there.
However, Lemhi County Sheriff Lynn Bowerman tells HLN they just learned that someone had been dumping human cremains in the reservoir, and that very well could be the smell the dogs picked up on.
“It’s pretty disappointing. Someone was depositing human cremains up there while we’re searching the area. It contaminates the reservoir and the entire area,” says Bowerman. “Nevertheless, we have sonar there today and divers still at the reservoir. We are going to side scan and sonar the whole lake. We have people up there on horseback too searching as we speak.”
Authorities say while nothing has been ruled out, they don’t believe foul play is in involved. “We are still treating it as a missing person,” says Sheriff Bowerman.
Bowerman says the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children have requested they collect DNA samples from the parents. “They want that on file so if the child turns up somewhere else they can easily check if there’s a match. It’s standard procedure with all missing children,” Bowman said.
Bowerman says they will complete their search of the reservoir and re-assess at the end of the weekend where to focus on next. In the meantime, they are following up on all the leads and tips that keep coming in.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2015/07/17/...r-abducted
Idaho authorities are now using sonar as well as divers to search a remote reservoir for missing 2-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr.
Police divers have been methodically searching every square inch of the reservoir for the little boy after cadaver dogs indicated there may be something there.
However, Lemhi County Sheriff Lynn Bowerman tells HLN they just learned that someone had been dumping human cremains in the reservoir, and that very well could be the smell the dogs picked up on.
“It’s pretty disappointing. Someone was depositing human cremains up there while we’re searching the area. It contaminates the reservoir and the entire area,” says Bowerman. “Nevertheless, we have sonar there today and divers still at the reservoir. We are going to side scan and sonar the whole lake. We have people up there on horseback too searching as we speak.”
Authorities say while nothing has been ruled out, they don’t believe foul play is in involved. “We are still treating it as a missing person,” says Sheriff Bowerman.
Bowerman says the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children have requested they collect DNA samples from the parents. “They want that on file so if the child turns up somewhere else they can easily check if there’s a match. It’s standard procedure with all missing children,” Bowman said.
Bowerman says they will complete their search of the reservoir and re-assess at the end of the weekend where to focus on next. In the meantime, they are following up on all the leads and tips that keep coming in.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2015/07/17/...r-abducted