Crime & Safety
Search Reduced For Reported Unattended Child In Mill Valley
Police received a report about an unattended boy around 4 or 5 years old.
MILL VALLEY, CA — A search for a possible missing child in Mill Valley has been reduced early Wednesday morning after search efforts didn't find any missing children and none had been reported as of 1 a.m., according to police.
The report came in around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening of a possibly unattended child in the 200 block of Corte Madera Ave., Lt. Paul Wrapp said.
The kid was reportedly a boy around 4-to-5 years old with blonde hair and a blue plaid shirt.
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Around 10:30 p.m., police said approximately 40 volunteers with Marin Search and Rescue, in addition to resources with the Marin County Sheriff's Office and other regional agencies, searched creeks and steep hiking trails for the reported unattended child.
At about 1 a.m. Wednesday, police reduced the search after the child wasn't found and nobody had reported a missing child.
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Wrapp said officers will return to the neighborhood for follow-up investigation on Wednesday.
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