AURORA, CO (KUSA) The body of a child was found in an icy pond during the search for a 6-year-old Colorado boy missing since Saturday.
Police have not positively identified the body, but family has been notified.
The search efforts were obvious in his neighborhood as officers looked in backyards for even the smallest sign of David Puckett.
“David was seen the day he went missing earlier in the day Saturday and it was someone other than a family member,” said Officer Crystal McCoy with Aurora Police.
Then, police say the family waited an hour before calling police Saturday because they were looking for David themselves. And ever since then the search has only intensified.
“We’ve been in constant consultation with the CBI,” McCoy said. “What’s important is it’s out now and does nothing but help spread the message to find David.”
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said the circumstances around David’s disappearance haven’t changed but out of an abundance of caution issued an AMBER Alert, even though as recently as this morning the case didn’t meet the criteria.
Part of that is because Aurora Police think David wandered off from his home versus being abducted but because so much time has passed the alert was issued.