FULL VIDEO – Sheriff: Search to rescue Noah is still active; may call for more volunteers

MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. — Chester County Sheriff Blair Weaver says the search for missing 2-year-old Noah Chamberlin is still considered a rescue operation and that there may be a call for more volunteers.

Noah Chamberlin

When asked why the mission was still to recover the child alive in the search area, Weaver replied only that they have faith.

As of Monday morning, crews had searched about 1,000 acres.

Weaver and Madison County Sheriff John Mehr held the Monday morning news conference and said that aspects of the terrain including sink holes and small caves posed a challenge to searchers.

Sheriff Weaver also cited social media as a problem.

Weaver said investigators have spoken with many family members including the boy’s 4-year-old sister who was also there at the time of the reported disappearance. He said the family had no interest in addressing the media at this time.

Weaver said the search area had expanded each day. He also said multiple types of search dogs have been and still are being used in the search efforts. He said rescue personnel from states across the Southeast as well as Oklahoma were aiding in the search.

Noah reportedly went missing around 1:30 p.m. Thursday while on a nature hike with his grandmother and 4-year-old sister in the woods behind their home, according to Tom Mapes, Public Information Officer with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. The grandmother told officers she was paying attention to her granddaughter for a moment and when she looked up, Noah was gone.

Stay with WBBJ 7 Eyewitness news for the latest in the search for Noah.