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Investigators planning thorough search of campground where DeOrr Kunz disappeared

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Channel: East Idaho News · 2016 · News & Politics

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SALMON – The Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a thorough search of the campground where DeOrr Kunz Jr. disappeared within the next three weeks.

Lemhi County Sheriff Chief Deputy Steve Penner tells EastIdahoNews.com search and rescue crews will scour Timber Creek Campground and search for any clues involving the missing toddler.

“We have experienced professionals who will spend a lot of time in the area,” Penner says.

The Sheriff’s Office closed portions of the campground to the public in mid-April to restrict activity in the area.

The campground will remain closed until authorities complete their search, according to Penner.

“We hope to have Timber Creek reopened by Memorial Day – maybe sooner,” Penner says.

Officials aren’t announcing the dates of the search and stress that only trained professionals will be participating.

DeOrr disappeared July 10 while on a camping trip in Leadore with his parents, great-grandfather, and a family friend. There has been no sign of the now three-year-old since that day and investigators believe the child was either accidentally or intentionally killed.

Nobody has been charged in the case but investigators say the boys parents, Vernal DeOrr Kunz and Jessica Mitchell, are considered suspects.

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