Oregon boy, 2, goes missing from family front yard, sparking massive search

A 2-year-old Oregon boy vanished from his family’s beforehand gait portion playing successful wide daylight connected Saturday, prompting a monolithic search, authorities said.

Dane Paulsen disappeared conscionable earlier 4:30 p.m. portion playing retired of show of his parents successful the beforehand gait of their location northbound of Siletz, a tiny metropolis adjacent the Siletz River, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said successful a quality merchandise Sunday.

"Dane is affable and fearless, and is comfy astir strangers and water, but cannot swim," the sheriff’s bureau said. "Dane is known to emotion h2o and vehicles."

Hundreds of radical person joined the search, including certified hunt and rescuers, a Sheriff’s posse and assemblage volunteers. In the archetypal 24 hours of Dane’s disappearance, the sheriff’s bureau said the teams covered astir 300 miles, but truthful acold person yet to find immoderate signs of the child.

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Dane Paulsen, 2, went missing from his family's beforehand gait adjacent Siletz, Oregon, connected Saturday. (Lincoln County Sheriff's Office )

The hunt besides included aggregate watercraft, divers, drones and K-9s. 

Teams person scoured astir 300 miles successful the archetypal 24 hours of Dane's disappearance, the sheriff's bureau said. (Lincoln County Sheriff's Office )

Dozens of investigators are pursuing up connected galore leads, with assistance from the Lincoln County Major Crime Team and the FBI.

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The sheriff's bureau said Dane’s disappearance does not conscionable the criteria for utilizing the Amber Alert strategy astatine this time, and determination is no grounds to suggest transgression actions are involved.

Investigators ruled retired an chartless conveyance that was seen adjacent a span adjacent to the family’s location astir 30 minutes earlier Dane disappeared. The sheriff’s bureau said the conveyance and its operator were located and were "no longer a constituent of interest."

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Authorities asked anyone with accusation astir Dane's disappearance to interaction their Tip Line astatine 541-265-0669.