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This happened a few blocks down my block.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2012/mar/26/sl_missingboy_032612_171572/?news
A missing 4-year-old boy reportedly was mauled to death by a neighbor's pit bulls.
The boy, Kylar Johnson, disappeared from the 1100 block of Old Goliad Road about 8 p.m. Sunday. Family members confirmed Monday morning that the boy was dead. A justice of the peace was called to the scene.
A family friend, Ken Hutchins, said the boy was mauled by pit bulls kept in a neighbor's enclosure near his home.
Deputies were keeping observers away from where the boy was found near Village Lane, which is off Old Goliad Road several hundred yards from the boy's home.
The sheriff's office scheduled a press conference for 1:30 p.m. to discuss the case.
Neighbors and the boy's family members were walking the rural roads overnight and into the morning, looking inside abandoned homes and inside drainage pipes, shouting the boy's name as they go.
The fog limited visibility after daybreak Monday. Another obstacle to searchers: Tall grass everywhere they look. Search dogs are on the hunt, and rescuers have broadened the effort from the 1100 block of Old Goliad Road all the way to Farm-to-Market 236.
The boy's father, Cole Johnson, was cleaning his car, while Kylar was playing in the yard near him.
The father said he looked up, and his son was gone, Chief Deputy Terry Simons said.
Sheriff's deputies and neighbors searched the area for hours in the dark before they were pulled from the fields so search dogs could begin the hunt, Simons said.
Search dogs returned to the field shortly after 8:10 a.m. Three dogs were used in the hunt - one each from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Alamo Area Search and Rescue, and the Victoria Sheriff's Department. The fog lifted about 10:30 a.m.
Eager volunteers at the scene were handing out fliers Monday morning but asked not to go into the fields yet. Some waiting were talking quietly among themselves and checking their cell phones.
Kylar, who was dirty blond hair, was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and underwear.
Officials from the city of Victoria's mobile command joined the sheriff's office's command post.
For more information, check back to this site. The Advocate has several journalists at the scene.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2012/mar/26/sl_missingboy_032612_171572/?news
A missing 4-year-old boy reportedly was mauled to death by a neighbor's pit bulls.
The boy, Kylar Johnson, disappeared from the 1100 block of Old Goliad Road about 8 p.m. Sunday. Family members confirmed Monday morning that the boy was dead. A justice of the peace was called to the scene.
A family friend, Ken Hutchins, said the boy was mauled by pit bulls kept in a neighbor's enclosure near his home.
Deputies were keeping observers away from where the boy was found near Village Lane, which is off Old Goliad Road several hundred yards from the boy's home.
The sheriff's office scheduled a press conference for 1:30 p.m. to discuss the case.
Neighbors and the boy's family members were walking the rural roads overnight and into the morning, looking inside abandoned homes and inside drainage pipes, shouting the boy's name as they go.
The fog limited visibility after daybreak Monday. Another obstacle to searchers: Tall grass everywhere they look. Search dogs are on the hunt, and rescuers have broadened the effort from the 1100 block of Old Goliad Road all the way to Farm-to-Market 236.
The boy's father, Cole Johnson, was cleaning his car, while Kylar was playing in the yard near him.
The father said he looked up, and his son was gone, Chief Deputy Terry Simons said.
Sheriff's deputies and neighbors searched the area for hours in the dark before they were pulled from the fields so search dogs could begin the hunt, Simons said.
Search dogs returned to the field shortly after 8:10 a.m. Three dogs were used in the hunt - one each from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Alamo Area Search and Rescue, and the Victoria Sheriff's Department. The fog lifted about 10:30 a.m.
Eager volunteers at the scene were handing out fliers Monday morning but asked not to go into the fields yet. Some waiting were talking quietly among themselves and checking their cell phones.
Kylar, who was dirty blond hair, was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and underwear.
Officials from the city of Victoria's mobile command joined the sheriff's office's command post.
For more information, check back to this site. The Advocate has several journalists at the scene.
