Mom wakes up from nap in quiet Oregon coastal town to find autistic son, 5, has vanished

A parent woke up from a nap successful her quiescent coastal Oregon municipality to observe that her autistic five-year-old lad had vanished, according to police. 

Joshua James McCoy disappeared from his location successful Hauser, successful Coos County, connected November 9 and has not been seen since then.

His parent told constabulary that she went to slumber with the lad astatine 1pm and helium was gone erstwhile she woke up astatine 5.30pm Saturday.

The Coos County Sheriff's bureau activated the hunt and rescue squad the adjacent day, and said they person recovered 'some clues' successful their hunt but 'nothing definitive.'  No further item connected those clues person been shared. 

'After an archetypal appraisal was completed, section teams began searching the surrounding areas, and their efforts intensified connected the greeting of November 10, utilizing drones, Deputies, overwatch, and Detectives,' they said successful an update connected Monday night.

'As of today, CORSAR, a collaborative hunt and rescue effort betwixt 7 Counties successful Oregon and California, has continued the hunt with 61 crushed personnel, aerial support, and K9 resources.'

The section added that 'nothing is being ruled retired astatine this clip arsenic we are considering each imaginable avenues. 

'We support anticipation that Joshua volition beryllium recovered live and well.'

Police person asked the nationalist enactment distant from the hunt country arsenic they are acrophobic that grounds could beryllium destroyed. 

They said: 'While national connection of assistance is overmuch appreciated, the hunt country is constricted successful capacity, and the interest is that grounds would beryllium missed oregon tainted with an overwhelming fig of unit connected scene.'

Hauser is an incorporated country successful Coos County adjacent the Pacific Coast. 

Joshua is described arsenic having brownish shoulder-length hairsbreadth and brownish eyes.

He weighs 50 to 60 pounds and is 3 feet, 6 inches tall.

Police accidental the lad responds to 'Josh' oregon Joshie.'

However, officials noted that, due to the fact that helium is autistic, helium whitethorn not respond erstwhile called.

Police person asked that anyone with accusation connected the lad telephone 541-269-8911.