Crews probe 35-acre area of land in southern Douglas County in ongoing search for Gannon Stauch
Blair Miller
2:18 PM, Feb 13, 2020
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. – Search and rescue crews from Douglas County were out Thursday assisting the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in the
ongoing search for missing Colorado Springs 11-year-old Gannon Stauch
– this time in a 35-acre area in southern Douglas County.
The crews were out at an area off Highway 105 south of Larkspur Thursday morning using long poles to prod snow in the area as the search for the boy, who went missing Jan. 27, continued. El Paso County search crews and a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office bloodhound were also involved in the Thursday search.
Officials said Wednesday that the search for Stauch had expanded to southern Douglas County and that Douglas County officials were assisting. Crews looked for the boy in both El Paso and Douglas counties Wednesday. Wednesday’s search involved more than 130 people, including search and rescue members, mounted units and K-9s, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. It said it had received 442 tips so far in the investigation, which a spokesperson called “very active and fluid.”
Eighty-two people were involved in Thursday's search, which covers around 35 acres and was a continuation of the area searched on Wednesday, El Paso County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Jacqueline Kirby said in an interview. She said that the 35-acre search south of Larkspur was the largest that was happening Thursday but that other searches were taking place as well.
Kirby said that crews would be searching the area "as long as [they] need to be out there."
But investigators have otherwise been tight-lipped about why they are searching in particular areas and what new leads they may have developed in the case.
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Crews probe 35-acre area of land in southern Douglas County in ongoing search for Gannon Stauch