Nearly 100 searchers scouring forested Alberta area for missing 5-year-old
Posted on: Sep 23, 2025 23:02 IST | Posted by: Cbc
The look for a missing five-year-old autistic boy entered its thirdly daytime tues as responders in west saxon Alberta expanded their target area.
Adam Kennedy with Alberta Search and Rescue said Darius Macdougall may have wandered away from the section crews were initially looking in.
Macdougall vanished Sunday after he didn't return from a walk with six family members to their campsite near Island Lake Campground, south of Crowsnest Pass.
RCMP said 82 searchers and divers from British Columbia and Alberta spent two nights scouring the area with drones, dogs and ATVs but didn't find the boy from Lethbridge, Alta.
They said foul play isn't suspected but were keeping the investigation broad and looking at every possible angle.
Local groups have helped out with supplies, but Kennedy said civilians are asked to leave the search to professionals, as the terrain can be treacherous.
"There's the potential that if [civilian searchers] become injured, then we have to reroute some of our resources on the ground," Kennedy said during a virtual news conference.
"It's really a mixed level of terrain in this area, and it's everything from flat ground to high-angle cliffs and everything in between."
Cpl. Gina Slaney said the family is distraught and has been helping in the search.
Macdougall is described as four feet tall with short brown hair. He was last seen wearing a blue-grey hoodie and sweatpants.
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