Kelly
Founder, Project Jason
Missing Boy: MATAL SANCHEZ, Milwaukie, OR
http://www.katu.com
July 1, 2005
Additional Reward Offered To Find Missing Boy
By KATU Web Staff
MILWAUKIE, Ore. - With the search for a 4-year-old Milwaukie boy stretching into the holiday weekend, an additional reward is being offered to help find the missing child.
The Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of 4-year-old Matal Zachary Sanchez, who disappeared Wednesday afternoon.
The new reward is in addition to a $1,000 reward being offered by Crime Stoppers. Anyone with information on the boy's disappearance is urged to call the tip line at (503) 786-7492.
Earlier on Friday, the boy's mother and stepfather issued a tearful plea for help finding the young boy.
Meanwhile, police are focusing their investigation on a car driven by the child's step-grandmother and are also asking the public to come forward if they have information about the whereabouts of the vehicle on the day the boy disappeared.
Matal Zachary Sanchez disappeared around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday from his home on Southeast 69th and Daphne, prompting a massive search effort that has so far not turned up any signs of the boy.
However, new developments over the course of the investigation raise questions about what might have happened to the boy.
On Thursday, an older model Nissan Sentra was towed away with a crime scene investigation van following behind.
"The grandmother took the car that afternoon and was gone in the car for a short period of time, a two hour time frame, and then came home," said Officer Kevin Krebs with the Milwaukie Police Department. "So we are trying to find out if the public can help us out in trying to determine the whereabouts of that car or the activity of that car during that time frame."
KATU has learned that the woman being referred to as Matal's "grandmother" is actually his step-grandmother, not his biological grandmother.
Police have interviewed the step-grandmother, who they say is being cooperative, but they are not commenting on red stains that were clearly visible on her shirt when she returned to the family home on Wednesday.
She is not considered a suspect, but police say they do want to know where her car was between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the boy disappeared.
The car is described as a grey 1992 Nissan Sentra with Oregon license plate SNN 281. Anyone with information is urged to call the tip line at (503) 786-7492.
Also on Friday, a state police forensics team arrived at the boy's home and started to photograph the outside of the house, the yard and other vehicles. They also appeared to be taking measurements and doing other tests. Police would not comment on what exactly investigators were looking for.
Matal was wearing black jeans, a short sleeve black and gray t-shirt and brown sandals when he was last seen. He is about 3 feet tall and weighs about 45 pounds.
http://www.katu.com
July 1, 2005
Additional Reward Offered To Find Missing Boy
By KATU Web Staff
MILWAUKIE, Ore. - With the search for a 4-year-old Milwaukie boy stretching into the holiday weekend, an additional reward is being offered to help find the missing child.
The Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of 4-year-old Matal Zachary Sanchez, who disappeared Wednesday afternoon.
The new reward is in addition to a $1,000 reward being offered by Crime Stoppers. Anyone with information on the boy's disappearance is urged to call the tip line at (503) 786-7492.
Earlier on Friday, the boy's mother and stepfather issued a tearful plea for help finding the young boy.
Meanwhile, police are focusing their investigation on a car driven by the child's step-grandmother and are also asking the public to come forward if they have information about the whereabouts of the vehicle on the day the boy disappeared.
Matal Zachary Sanchez disappeared around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday from his home on Southeast 69th and Daphne, prompting a massive search effort that has so far not turned up any signs of the boy.
However, new developments over the course of the investigation raise questions about what might have happened to the boy.
On Thursday, an older model Nissan Sentra was towed away with a crime scene investigation van following behind.
"The grandmother took the car that afternoon and was gone in the car for a short period of time, a two hour time frame, and then came home," said Officer Kevin Krebs with the Milwaukie Police Department. "So we are trying to find out if the public can help us out in trying to determine the whereabouts of that car or the activity of that car during that time frame."
KATU has learned that the woman being referred to as Matal's "grandmother" is actually his step-grandmother, not his biological grandmother.
Police have interviewed the step-grandmother, who they say is being cooperative, but they are not commenting on red stains that were clearly visible on her shirt when she returned to the family home on Wednesday.
She is not considered a suspect, but police say they do want to know where her car was between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the boy disappeared.
The car is described as a grey 1992 Nissan Sentra with Oregon license plate SNN 281. Anyone with information is urged to call the tip line at (503) 786-7492.
Also on Friday, a state police forensics team arrived at the boy's home and started to photograph the outside of the house, the yard and other vehicles. They also appeared to be taking measurements and doing other tests. Police would not comment on what exactly investigators were looking for.
Matal was wearing black jeans, a short sleeve black and gray t-shirt and brown sandals when he was last seen. He is about 3 feet tall and weighs about 45 pounds.
