Officials in Whitman County have officially called of the search for a missing toddler.
Two year old Avery Blakeley was reported missing Thursday afternoon in Malden.
Two-year-old Avery Blakeley was outside Thursday afternoon, where his mother was moving the family out of the house about 100 feet from Pine Creek. She turned around and noticed Avery was gone. An overwhelming amount of people came out with boats and ATV’s. One neighbor even searched from the air using a private plane. Even the dive team jumped in the cold and murky water hoping to find the boy.
People brought their dogs to search the shoreline as others dipped poles into the creek. The dive team searched underwater but had to call off the search at sunset.
Deputies found Avery's shoe in the swollen creek, so they believe he ended up in the water.
A Spokane County dive team and helicopters helped search and rescue crews but had to suspend their search because of darkness.
(Contact 1-800-THE-LOST or the Whitman County Sheriff's Office at 509-397-6266 with any information.)
Search officially called off for missing boy
Officials in Whitman County have officially called of the search for a missing toddler.
Two year old Avery Blakeley was reported missing Thursday afternoon in Malden.
People brought their dogs to search the shoreline as others dipped poles into the creek. The dive team searched underwater but had to call off the search at sunset.
A Spokane County dive team and helicopters helped search and rescue crews but had to suspend their search because of darkness.
(Contact 1-800-THE-LOST or the Whitman County Sheriff's Office at 509-397-6266 with any information.)