(NewsNation) — Authorities are searching for a 2-year-old lad successful Oregon who was reported missing Saturday afternoon.
Dane Paulson was reported missing from his family's Siletz, Oregon, location astir 4:25 p.m. He had been playing successful the gait retired of his parents' sight.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office launched a hunt of the spot and surrounding areas utilizing ft searchers and drones with thermal imaging equipment.
The hunt continued Sunday with dogs and watercraft astatine the adjacent Siletz River. Around 300 radical were progressive successful the search, which had covered 382 areas and 283 miles arsenic of Sunday evening.
A conveyance seen adjacent the location was recovered and is nary longer a constituent of interest, according to the sheriff's office.
The bureau said an Amber Alert was not issued due to the fact that the lawsuit doesn't conscionable the criteria and that determination is nary grounds truthful acold suggesting transgression actions.
The bureau described the toddler arsenic affable and fearless, comfy astir strangers and water, but incapable to swim.
Dane Paulson has brownish hairsbreadth and greenish eyes and was past seen wearing a fuzzy, grey hoodie with ears, bluish and achromatic shoes and achromatic pants.
Anyone who thinks they whitethorn person seen Dane should telephone the extremity enactment astatine 541-265-0669 oregon the office's nonemergency enactment astatine 541-265-0777.