not many details yet. but many questions. parents' names? 4 missing teeth and facial scratches? ok he fell down. walking with a bald stranger? why?





KOAT7
CARLSBAD, N.M. -- Carlsbad police were looking for a 4-year-old little boy last seen at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Samuel Jones is white, approximately 3 feet tall and weighing about 40 pounds. Samuel has hazel eyes and short brown hair. He has scratches on the left side of his chin and is missing his front four teeth.

Police say he was last seen wearing a blue and grey striped long sleeved shirt, blue jeans, blue and white baseball cap and black converse tennis shoes.

Authorities believe he was last seen with a non-family member. A child matching Samuel's description was last seen walking in the area with a bald man wearing a red shirt.

Police believe the little boy is in danger.

Anyone with information about this missing child should immediately call Detective Tanya Tiller with the Carlsbad Police Department at 575-885-2111.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
SAMUEL JONES
Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Aug 7, 2007 Sex: Male
Missing Date: Mar 3, 2012 Race: White
Age Now: 4 Height: 3'0"
Missing City: CARLSBAD Weight: 40 lbs
Missing State : NM Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Hazel
Case Number: NCMC1190117
Circumstances: Samuel was last seen at home on March 3, 2012. He was last seen wearing a blue and gray striped long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, a blue and white ball cap and black Converse shoes.

(03-04-2012, 05:54 PM)Kip Wrote: I agree it sounds like he wandered off and fell in, but why is the case being treated as a homicide?

(03-05-2012, 07:42 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: brief news video at link shows the location.

it could take days to get him out. and it may be 130' deep, there is concern about him slipping further down.


news:
http://www.koat.com/news/30603992/detail.html

Officials watch as work crews dig near a narrow, 30-foot-deep hole in Carlsbad, N.M., Sunday, March 4, 2012, in an effort to recover the body of a 4-year-old boy two days after he fell into the hole. Workers pulled the body of 4-year-old Samuel Jones from the hole located in a neighbor's yard early Monday, local authorities said.




Heavy equipment stands near a narrow, 30-foot-deep hole in Carlsbad, N.M., Sunday, March 4, 2012, during an effort to recover the body of a 4-year-old boy two days after he fell into the hole. Workers pulled the body of 4-year-old Samuel Jones from the hole located in a neighbor's yard early Monday, local authorities said



This blue tarp was put over the hole in the yard where a trench expert was called in to dig to the body of a child discovered in the hole at around 7 a.m. Sunday.



The mine rescue team from Mosaic Potash arrives to help in the recovery of the body of 4-year-old Samuel Jones from a 30-foot deep hole in a yard near his home. Eddy County law enforcement was joined by construction, mining, drilling and rescue personnel


Current-Argus
CARLSBAD — With a cup of coffee in his hand, Eddy County Fire Coordinator Robert Brader sat back in his chair next to the county's Emergency Preparedness mobile command vehicle Monday morning. His gaze went to the huge mounds of dirt that been dug to free the body of a little boy who fell into a deep hole on Saturday.
It had been a grueling night and early morning as highly experienced people worked together to bring 4-year-old Samuel Jones' body to the surface from 29 feet below the ground. Around 7 a.m., the youngster's lifeless body had been retrieved from the deep hole, and Brader was there.

"It was pretty emotional," said Brader, fatigued from a lack of sleep. He took a moment to compose himself before continuing the interview. "I have been a paramedic for years and have been at accidents involving children. But this was different."

Because no one in Carlsbad or Eddy County had done this type of rescue before, Brader said, specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 was brought in to help. Carlsbad physician Kim Lark and her search and rescue dogs are part of the task force.

Brader said that as soon as the call came in that the child was missing, the mobile command vehicle was brought in to provide logistic support along with generators and heaters.

"Throughout the night people were searching for the little boy. When the sun came up, someone told us there was a hole in the ground that he may have fallen into."

That's when Brader and Scott Maxwell from the Carlsbad Fire Department devised a webcam to put down into the hole, and their worst fears were realized.

Brader said Carlsbad Police and Fire Departments, the county emergency preparedness office, the mine rescue teams, specialists and heavy equipment operators who volunteered their time and equipment all worked in harmony under difficult and trying conditions.

He said as word spread in the community about the lost child, and the subsequent discovery of his body in the hole, the public turned out in great numbers.

"At times it was overwhelming," Brader said.

(03-05-2012, 10:11 PM)Cracker Wrote: Damn it. Poor baby.

What is that hole, LC? A well?