DAYTON — The search for a missing boy has been taking place for more than 24 hours and News Center 7 knows more about the seven-year-old who disappeared at Eastwood MetroPark in Dayton.
>>PHOTOS: Search continues for a missing boy at Eastwood MetroPark Sunday
Dayton Police says the boy’s name is Lucas Rosales.
He is listed as three feet tall, 60 pounds with brown and brown eyes.
Rosales was last seen wearing a white shirt with black sleeves, black pants, and black Converse gym shoes.
News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson was at Eastwood MetroPark on Sunday and said the boy was last seen fishing with family Saturday evening around 6:40 p.m. Lucas Rosales has been seen since.
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More than 100 people spent Sunday looking for him, including Dayton Police officers, Dayton Firefighters, Five Rivers MetroParks, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
They called off the search just around 8 p.m. and will resume Monday morning, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch.
Robertson said emergency crews kept her and her photographer at a distance Sunday while they worked and saw them searching both land and on the water.
She also spoke with Brandye Russell, her friend knows the family. She came to Eastwood MetroPark to look for Lucas.
“No, we did come across a little footprint, feet, but nothing,” she said. “I think it was other people searching because there’s a lot of people out here. Other than that, no, we haven’t seen anybody.
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Robertson says Dayton Police want anyone with information to call them.
Russell is hoping officers get a lead.
“I just hope they find him.”
The park was closed Sunday as the search for Rosales continues.
We will continue following this developing story and update as new information becomes available.
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