North Carolina authorities issued an AMBER Alert for a 4-year-old boy who disappeared from Laurinburg on Weds.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety reports that Raul Johnson was last seen walking down Village Drive toward Crestline Road in Laurinburg, at around 11:30 a.m. Authorities indicated that the child was on foot and may have wandered off. Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey said that dive teams are in the process of checking area ponds.
#AMBERAlert! Both photos shown are of Raul. He was last seen on January 24, 2018 in Laurinburg, #NorthCarolina. Raul was wearing a white and orange tiger-striped shirt and white pants with rocket ships printed on them. https://t.co/HuD99qXgQc
— NCMEC (@MissingKids) January 25, 2018
Raul stands 3 feet tall and weighs around 38 pounds. He was last seen wearing an striped orange shirt and white pajama pants with rocket ship designs on them. He wasn’t wearing shoes when he disappeared. He has black hair and brown eyes.
According to ABC, authorities set up two command posts, one on at the Stewartsville Fire Station and the other at the Good News Chapel. Close to 300 people are volunteering in the search efforts to find the boy.
UPDATE: An #AmberAlert has been issued for 4-year-old Raul Johnson https://t.co/jdWQXQeESm pic.twitter.com/uidlOHc03s
— WPDE ABC15 (@wpdeabc15) January 24, 2018
Anyone with any information on Raul’s whereabouts should contact 911 or the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office at 910-276-3385.
[Feature Photo: Raul Johnson/NCDPS]
