After another day of exhaustive searching in the area where two Milwaukee boys vanished Sunday, authorities have shifted their focus to investigating the flood of tips they've received since the disappearance.
A growing force of volunteers helped police continue to look Thursday, canvassing a one-mile radius around N. 53rd St. and W. Hampton Ave., where Quadrevion Henning, 12, and Purvis Virginia Parker, 11, were last seen.
Divers searched the lagoon in McGovern Park, the FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team conducted an aerial search with body heat sensing technology, and bloodhounds from the Bannockburn, Ill., police department and more than 150 volunteers canvassed the densely wooded area of Havenwoods State Forest. They all came up empty-handed. "It's like these boys vanished into thin air," said Milwaukee police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz, "We have no information, no clue about their whereabouts after 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
We are beyond concerned." Linda Krieg, an FBI supervisor, said authorities have found no evidence the boys had been abducted. She said such a crime would be atypical. "It's very difficult to abduct a child, much less two children together," Krieg said.
The missing boys' families continued to receive an influx of visito
rs, from strangers dropping off plates of food to stops from Mayor Tom Barrett and Gov. Jim Doyle. The reward for information leading to their whereabouts grew to $23,000. "All the effort that people have put forward, all the visits from strangers and the mayor and governor, that right there is what's keeping our heads up," said Dennis Frazier, Quadrevion's uncle.
More than 200 people showed up at an evening vigil outside Quadrevion's home. Several family members broke down in tears and had to pull away as the crowd joined in song and prayed. Despite another day without any clear leads to the boys' whereabouts, Frazier said the family remains confident of their safe return. "We are always going to be hopeful," Frazier said.
A growing force of volunteers helped police continue to look Thursday, canvassing a one-mile radius around N. 53rd St. and W. Hampton Ave., where Quadrevion Henning, 12, and Purvis Virginia Parker, 11, were last seen.
Divers searched the lagoon in McGovern Park, the FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team conducted an aerial search with body heat sensing technology, and bloodhounds from the Bannockburn, Ill., police department and more than 150 volunteers canvassed the densely wooded area of Havenwoods State Forest. They all came up empty-handed. "It's like these boys vanished into thin air," said Milwaukee police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz, "We have no information, no clue about their whereabouts after 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
We are beyond concerned." Linda Krieg, an FBI supervisor, said authorities have found no evidence the boys had been abducted. She said such a crime would be atypical. "It's very difficult to abduct a child, much less two children together," Krieg said.
The missing boys' families continued to receive an influx of visito
rs, from strangers dropping off plates of food to stops from Mayor Tom Barrett and Gov. Jim Doyle. The reward for information leading to their whereabouts grew to $23,000. "All the effort that people have put forward, all the visits from strangers and the mayor and governor, that right there is what's keeping our heads up," said Dennis Frazier, Quadrevion's uncle.More than 200 people showed up at an evening vigil outside Quadrevion's home. Several family members broke down in tears and had to pull away as the crowd joined in song and prayed. Despite another day without any clear leads to the boys' whereabouts, Frazier said the family remains confident of their safe return. "We are always going to be hopeful," Frazier said.
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