Authorities start second day of searching for 2-year-old boy missing in Eagle
A 2-year-old boy who went missing near Floating Feather and Linder roads in Eagle still has not been found, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office said from its Twitter account on Thursday morning.
The toddler, Rory Pope, was last seen at about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the area of west Nordic Drive in Eagle, according to the Sheriff’s Office. He has blond, curly hair and was wearing a lime-green T-shirt.
It was about 10 a.m. Thursday when the Sheriff’s Office tweeted that Rory was still missing, and police from multiple agencies, including the Eagle Police Department, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office and the Boise Police Department, continued to search the neighborhood.
Dive teams searched nearby ponds, and police put drones up in the air to scan for him on Wednesday.
The dive teams, as well as local water search and rescue expert Gene Ralston, have continued to search waterways on Thursday. Ralston deployed a remote-controlled sonar device to search near where the boy was last seen, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Police are also collecting Ring door camera footage from neighbors to try to track where Rory was seen.
The Sheriff’s Office reported that there were no signs of foul play, and the situation does not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert. It will alert the public if it needs more volunteers to search for the boy.
In a tweet, the Sheriff’s Office asked anyone with information to call 911.
This story was originally published September 2, 2020 at 3:30 PM.
