[UPDATE: FOUND Alive!] Five-Year-Old Boy Missing Overnight Near Willits
Mendocino Search and Rescue as well as other agencies are combing the Brooktrails area northwest of Willits after a 5-year-old boy named Brett who disappeared yesterday evening. The boy was last seen about 5 p.m. walking on Fox Road. He may be with his black lab Hank who wears an orange collar. The boy is 4’9″, 50 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.
He was last seen wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, as well as blue and orange shoes. He might also be wearing a gray sweatshirt.
As of last evening there were 75 people searching for the boy. This morning scanner traffic indicates that the search is ongoing. If you see Brett or his dog Hank, please call 911.
UPDATE 8:09 a.m.: The Mendocino County Sheriff is reporting that Brett Bowman was found alive!
5 yr old Brett Bowman has been FOUND ALIVE!! Thank you to all that spread the message on social media.
— Mendocino Sheriff (@MendoSheriff) October 21, 2015
UPDATE 9:36 p.m.: Press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office
On 10-20-2015 at 7:04 PM the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a reported missing child from a residence located in the 27000 block of Fox Road in Willits, California.
This residence was located in a remote rural portion of the Brooktrails subdivision.
Upon arrival Deputies learned Brett Paul Brown, a 5 year-old white male child, left the family residence at 4:30 PM indicating he was “going on a field trip”.
Brett was last seen by a sibling walking uphill in a southwestern direction into a heavily wooded area adjacent to the family’s residence. Brett was with the family’s dog “Tank” described as being a 5 year-old black Labrador retriever wearing an orange collar.
Brett was described as being 4 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 50 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Brett was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans and orange style tennis shoes.
Deputies began an immediate search of the area with the assistance of personnel from the Brooktrails Fire Department and Mendocino County Search and Rescue.
During this time a reverse 911 notification call was sent out to the surrounding areas near where Brett was last seen.
Due to the circumstances of Brett’s disappearance a mutual aid request was made for further assistance which included personnel from CALFIRE, Marin County Search and Rescue, San Mateo Search and Rescue, California Highway Patrol, Willits Police Department, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), REACH air ambulance, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, California Rescue Dog Association (CARDA), Bay Area Mountain Rescue, Sonoma County Search and Rescue, California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Falck ambulance service.
On 10-21-2015 at approximately 7:55 AM search teams found Brett in a heavily wooded area approximately 2 miles from his family’s residence. Brett was alive and appeared to be in good health.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank all the personnel and public safety agencies that assisted in the search operation.
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Information gathered with the help of North Coast News and Mendocinosportsplus.
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Prayers to find him.
Parents should know better…. Five walking alone around dope growers?
Really?
Mrs x needs to worry about Mrs x. And keep your parenting skills to yourself.
This story is prime for a Kym follow up…..
Where was he?
How does a five year old survive around dope dealers?
Seriously, follow this up if only a lesson to other parents.
People should hear/read it.
Parents, don’t let your children run free around dope growers…
+1 mendo bacon… Tcso wouldn’t even bother though there is a constitutional sherriff that dumps the wife for the redhead with chopsticks in the clerk office. Can’t say I blame him, but seriously, same building?
Protect children above all….
Out alone over night, hopefully the dog is still with him.. every parents nightmare.
I agree.
You can’t grow dope in brooktrails [edit]
I guess you never heard about this one…
https://kymkemp.com/2014/02/21/multiple-residences-raided-near-willitspot-found/
Like dope dealers aren’t driving by….
Dope
…you are what you smoke.
Zappa
Thank You
Thank goodness he was found!!! Is he okay?
Yo Yo Yo. Couldn’t agree more.
Kym, Mrs x/troll needs to go. Like, forever.
You need a tsunami…..
Clean the place up…
You could go hang out with cco from pelican and watch people with face tats at Safeway for fun.
They was helicopters flying around the back side of brook trails almost all night.
So glad to hear. Hope he’s ok.