Amber Alert

One day in March the Sheriff’s Office got a call about a missing 5 year old. The child had gone outside in front of the residence to play. When the dad and grandparents went to get him to come inside they could not find him. So they called the Sheriff’s Office. They looked all night and issued an Amber alert. It had been a very cold night for the area. The next day I ended up assisting the Sheriff’s Office. I didn’t do much of anything other than ride around with one of their Sergeants and look for the child.

While I was at the house I heard one of the Lieutenants from the Sheriff’s Office mention something about the stock tank on the property. It was determined that it had not been searched. They got some equipment and began to drag the tank. They found the child in it. The child had ridden his bike too close to the edge and into the tank. He was clutching the bike. There were a lot of veteran cops with tears in their eyes. That was not a very pleasant experience.

We are experiencing a drought in our area. Just a few days before the drowning we had a couple of days of heavy rain. As a result of the rain stock tanks in the area filled back up. If the child had ridden into the tank just a couple of days earlier it would have been dry. Sometimes you wonder why things happen.