Police are searching a Layton neighborhood for a 4-year-old boy who's been missing since Monday night. Volunteers are helping with the effort at the Layton Meadows apartments at 580 West and 1425 North. Police set up a command post at the Layton Hills Mall parking lot.
Searchers are going door to door handing out a missing child flier with Ethan Stacy's picture on it. Also, police are using a reverse 911 call system to alert neighbors that the boy is missing.
An Endangered Person's Alert describes him as 4 foot 4 inches tall, 50 pounds with blue eyes and blond hair. He was last seen wearing Spiderman pajamas. If you've seen him you're asked to call Layton City police at 801-497-8300.
Ethan was last seen by his mother around 11 p.m. when she tucked him into bed. Around midnight she went to check on him, realized he was missing and called police.
The boy is new to the area. He lived with his biological father in Virginia but 10 days ago came to live with his mother and stepfather for the summer. His mother tells police during those 10 days, he's walked out of the home five times during the night, but he was always found in the apartment complex.
"If you base it off his history and the information we have, we don't have anything to say this would be an abduction, simply a case where we have a child not where he should be. We're concerned about his safety," says Gerrat Atkin of the Layton City Police Department.
Police have searched the complex and surrounding area and they have not found any sign of Ethan. They're very concerned because he is wearing only pajamas and it's cold outside.
Police say the boy has no history of mental illness, nothing that would contribute to his disappearance or cause him to walk away from the home. They say he's had a very tough time adjusting to new living arrangements for the summer. They tell us he hasn't had time to make any friends in the area so they don't think he would go to a specific apartment. They think he maybe wandering the area, maybe hiding somewhere.
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