Missing Child: 4-year-old Travis Mitchell (Courtesy: Payson Police Department)
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– Rescuers and volunteers are looking for a missing 4-year-old Payson boy.
Travis Mitchell disappeared Sunday night while playing with some other children and his older brother into the woods in the northwest part of Payson. Payson police, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Public Safety, other agencies and numerous volunteers are helping Tonto Rim Search and Rescue look for the boy.
“About 300 people were out last night,” volunteer Rachel Beeler told NAZ Today. “Our whole group (of friends) was out there looking.”
The boy went missing from his home near the Payson airport at around 5 pm Sunday night. Beeler and her search party were searching on some roads into National Forest land off of Chenault Parkway, just west of the airport
The airport’s weather station shows that temperatures hovered at the 70 degree mark for most of the overnight hours under fair skies, with temps briefly falling to the mid-60s for a short time around dawn. However, the weather may play a factor in today’s search. Heavy rain is expected at times throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service.
Mitchell was wearing a red shirt with a football on it, blue shorts, and flip-flop sandals when he went missing. He is three feet tall and weighs 60 pounds. Anyone who has seen the boy in the area can dial 9-1-1 or call the Payson Police Department at (928) 474-5177.
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