FRUITLAND, Idaho (CBS2) — The Fruitland Police Department has a message for folks as the weekend is here.
Be thankful.
"...Please take a moment to be grateful for the family and friends around you," Fruitland Police wrote on social media. "We have one family among us who is missing a very important member, and our search for 5-year-old Michael Joseph Vaughan remains ongoing."
The small-town police department yet again updated the community on the search for the little boy, who's been missing for more than two weeks. Authorities conducted a search of the Snake River downstream of where he went missing and a drone was damaged recently by a concerned citizen. Fruitland PD asks folks in the future to give them a call if they have concerns of a drone flying in your area.
Idaho State Police and the FBI are assisting Fruitland PD. Search operations will continue into next week as resources are available.
"Michael, by all accounts, was an active, inquisitive, child," police said. "While we have not eliminated any possibility, it is possible he may have wandered somewhere and he needs our help to find him. We continue to ask local residents and businesses to remaining vigilant and observant."
Anyone with information is asked to email findmichael@fruitland.org or by calling 208-343-COPS.
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