ID ID - Michael “Monkey” Vaughan, 5, last seen near home, Fruitland, 27 Jul 2021 #1 *endangered*

[Anthony96]

Disregard my last post prying for his return

 

[MoeInVA]

Disregard my last post prying for his return

Thanks for commenting. Lots of us checking in here and praying for answers and this sweet boy. Very sad situation that he is still missing despite a massive and swift search and rescue effort.

 

[Bluebythec]

Still waiting to hear something. The silence is deafening.

 

[WildOrchid]

I’m starting to think they got nothin as opposed to “it’s quiet because they know exactly what happened”. There are a lot of kids in this age group who just seemed to disappear in the last couple of years.

 

[carbuff]

I’m starting to think they got nothin as opposed to “it’s quiet because they know exactly what happened”. There are a lot of kids in this age group who just seemed to disappear in the last couple of years.

Not just in the last coupe of years, either. Seems like there are one or two every year. Some of them like Michaela Garrecht (hope I spelled that right) are probably foul play, but others like the neighbor boy who disappeared during flood season when I was in grade school, were probably just never found.

 

[Knox]

Still waiting to hear something. The silence is deafening.

Yes it is! Does LE have any leads?

 

[Bluebythec]

Yes it is! Does LE have any leads?

If they do they're keeping it awfully quiet. Somebody knows something!

 

[MoeInVA]

New article: corn fields have been cleared with no trace of Michael.
Fruitland PD on missing boy: 'Corn fields harvested and cleared' with no trace of Michael

Fruitland PD FB post warns it will take time.
Very active investigation
Family remains fully cooperative and working with investigators.
Residents should remain vigilant
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[WildOrchid]

It sounds like they’re basically saying they don’t expect to find him alive. In other still-missing kids cases, LE doesn’t go there. It’s expected but disheartening. Poor little guy. They were on this case so fast and this is still the outcome.

New article: corn fields have been cleared with no trace of Michael.
Fruitland PD on missing boy: 'Corn fields harvested and cleared' with no trace of Michael

Fruitland PD FB post warns it will take time.
Very active investigation
Family remains fully cooperative and working with investigators.
Residents should remain vigilant
Log into Facebook | Facebook

 

[Allabouttrial]

Very active investigation

Snipped by me.

That's quite telling. Sounds more like foul play than SAR, which some of us kind of suspected.

 

[MoeInVA]

Snipped by me.

That's quite telling. Sounds more like foul play than SAR, which some of us kind of suspected.

I agree it sounds like foul play.

It’s a very active investigation using huge amount of resources (in contrast to the SAR searches which are very limited at this stage).

Investigators are working with the family (moo: suggests that LE theories are probably known individuals, close to home, or individuals that may have been noticed by the family).

They are continuing to cross the very last possible locations off the list where he may have met misadventure or been harmed/dumped. I’m glad they reported it out about the corn fields being cleared. Now they are repeating that they will do irrigation search as soon as that’s done for the season. (I sure hope that gives a POI reason to move evidence or make a misstep or at least gives us some vital clues).

Poor little guy.

 

[Allabouttrial]

Now they are repeating that they will do irrigation search as soon as that’s done for the season. (I sure hope that gives a POI reason to move evidence or make a misstep or at least gives us some vital clues).

Good point! Let's hope so.

 

[Pepper6564]

Prayers for this baby till he is found

 

[magbag]

New article

Missing Idaho boy: No trace of Michael Joseph Vaughan after corn fields harvested, cleared

 

[Snoopster]

New article

Missing Idaho boy: No trace of Michael Joseph Vaughan after corn fields harvested, cleared

<sigh>

I really thought this case would be solved by now. My optimism is completely dashed.
I'm so sorry we couldn't find you yet Monkey.

 

[Bluebythec]

I wonder how noticable <sorry> badly decomposed remains would be to find, even in a harvested field?

 

[oviedo]

I wonder how noticable <sorry> badly decomposed remains would be to find, even in a harvested field?

Mollie was in a cornfield and was very decomposed IIRC -

I’ve updated his media thread
ID - ID - Michael “Monkey” Vaughan, 5, Fruitland, 27 Jul 2021 *MEDIA, MAPS, TIMELINE* No Discussion

 

[Shamrock1]

A 5yr old is very small and harvesting machines are large and powerful. If he was in a field, would it be next to impossible to know post-harvest?

 

[Sour]

A 5yr old is very small and harvesting machines are large and powerful. If he was in a field, would it be next to impossible to know post-harvest?

Hard to say, I've been around large equipment and my father did farming and worked with farmers. They wouldn't notice when they hit the animals, but there would most certainly be the remains of the animal in the hay afterward, so if a farmer didn't notice they'd have to be on something. Harvesters don't dissolve living matter, remains would most likely be in the crop and farmers do check their crops just to make sure.

Take this with a pinch of salt, I don't do farming and this is of course second hand from my dad. I could be incorrect.

 

[155etta]

They might not initially see him in the corn stubble but they would very likey see him when they go back through the field to work the ground down before winter. Still time in the coming weeks.... MOO.