Major update as cops try to track down missing 7-year-old boy
Items likely belonging to a missing seven-year-old were found in the icy waters of a Wisconsin river early Sunday morning.
The discovery, confirmed by Two Rivers police, comes as officers continue to search for Jacob Baer.
The boy vanished the day before from a park in Two Rivers set just next to the river, around 4:30pm.
The find in the West Twin River, moreover, came several hours later - after agents from the Coast Guard Ice Search and Rescue Team and the Wisconsin National Guard began aiding the search.
The latter provided aerial searching with a helicopter at altitudes of 600 feet, flying over a specific part of the river near Veterans Park.
In a statement, cops told citizens to keep an eye out around this stretch of the waterway - not yet confirming the child had fallen inside.
The belongings pulled from the river, moreover, were not specified, but investigators Sunday were still said to be perusing the area - now 'an area of interest' - for more clues.
Two Rivers is the same town where three-year-old Elijah Vue went missing back in February - before being found in a shallow grave in September three miles from the home of a man now being charged in his death.
Items believed to belong to missing Jacob Baer, 7, were found in the icy waters of a Wisconsin river early Sunday morning, cops confirmed in a statement
The discovery, confirmed by Two Rivers police, comes as officers continue to search for the child, who disappeared from this park just adjacent to the river
'Law enforcement located several items believed to belong to Jacob in the water of the West Twin River last night,' the Two Rivers Police Department wrote around 3:40am in a statement published to Facebook.
'Early this morning the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) identified an area of interest in the water near these items during their search.
'A search of this area of interest and additional resources are being coordinated for operations later this morning.
'We will update you with further information as it becomes available. Thank you for your patience.'
About two hours earlier, cops issued an update revealing how DNR agents were on the scene, joining the already deployed Coast Guard and state national guard.
Law Enforcement and local emergency personnel, at that point, were still searching the river, the statement read.
The Coast Guard and national guard, other statements showed, arrived on the scene about an hour earlier, as temperatures neared 20F.
An update issued just after midnight indicated the Wisconsin National was 'providing aerial searching with a helicopter' - an assertion confirmed by data showing the helicopter's flight path.
An update issued just after midnight indicated the Wisconsin National was 'providing aerial searching with a helicopter' - an assertion confirmed by data showing the helicopter's flight path
The search of the waterway, meanwhile, comes on the cusp of the town's cold season, set to start Monday. Around this time, parts of the river are known to ice over, with some ice already seen when the boy went missing. Pictured, the section of the river being searched during winter
Numerous volunteer and local fire departments and other law enforcement outfits were also present for the search, officers in Two Rivers said - with the boy still yet to be found after almost 24 hours.
The search of the waterway, meanwhile, comes on the cusp of the town's cold season, set to commence Monday morning.
Around this time, parts of the river being searched are known to ice over, with some ice already seen the night the boy went missing.
At the moment, it remains unclear what items were retrieved from the river, and why cops believe they belong to the missing boy.
The circumstances of his disappearance, moreover, are still somewhat shrouded, with cops only saying the boy - who is 3'5" tall - was last seen wearing a black jacket with bits of green on the hood with a black and gray hooded sweatshirt
He is described as having blue eyes and blonde, shaggy hair.
