Dozens of searchers returned to rural Alabama Friday morning as the hunt for a 4-year-old boy last seen Wednesday morning continued.
Johnathan Everett Boley’s 6-year-old brother told authorities he last saw his younger brother around 11:30 that morning when the child and a black Labrador retriever “went across the fence line” and disappeared, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith said, according to the Tuscaloosa Thread.
The two boys live with their mother in Florida but were spending the holidays with their father. They were supposed to be returned to their mother on Thursday.
“We’ve had air support in the air, we’ve had drones in the air, we’ve had volunteers and, we’ve had K-9 from the ground,” Smith said, adding that nothing had been found.
“I will say this. We’ve been going on now well over 24 hours of looking for the child and we have not gotten any indication of the child being in the woods,” he said.
The black Lab also remains missing.
What was found were explosives on the father’s property, and he was arrested. Jameson Kyle Boley, 40, was charged with unlawful manufacturing of a destructive device, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith said Thursday, according to AL.com.
Smith said his office arrived on the scene about an hour and a half after the boy disappeared and found the explosives while on a search of the home. Neighbors reported hearing explosions from the property for weeks, but Smith said he couldn’t say if there was any connection with the missing boy.
The search of the house was suspended briefly while federal authorities made sure it was safe.
The missing boy is described was weighing about 50 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a yellow Mickey Mouse shirt, black pants, and Paw Patrol shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the sheriff’s office at 205-384-7218.
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[Featured image: Johnathan Everett Boley and dog/Alabama Law Enforcement Agency]
