A 2-year-old boy who disappeared Monday after going boating with his father near Denton Creek was found safe Tuesday morning; the search for the child's father will continue Wednesday.
Trophy Club Police DepartmentThe Texas Game Warden's Office told NBC 5 a Denton County Game Warden and a police officer were searching Tuesday morning near where 38-year-old Matthew Meinert and his son Oliver disappeared Monday when they found the boy wandering alone in a wooded area.
Officials said Oliver was cold and had a few scratches but asked for some juice and was otherwise OK when they reunited him with his mother later in the morning.
The Game Warden's Office said Oliver was unable to tell them anything about what took place or where his father was.
Tuesday's search continued in the area along Denton Creek, west of Grapevine Lake, and involved searches on foot with dogs, with a boat equipped with sonar, and with both unmanned aerial devices and a DPS helicopter.
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Emergency personnel from Trophy Club, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Roanoke, Flower Mound, Argyle, Little Elm, Mansfield, Hurst, Joshua and Denton County were assisting in the search Tuesday.
Trophy Club police said the search for the boy's father would be scaled back Tuesday night, though they remained hopeful he would be found alive.
"Based upon the results of Tuesday evening’s search efforts, they plan to continue the search on Wednesday with continued ground, air, and land efforts," Trophy Club police said.
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