On the afternoon of Thursday, May 1st, 2025, Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a report of a 5-year-old boy that had gone missing while with his family along the Klamath River in the Seiad Valley area. Shortly thereafter, a witness reported seeing a person floating downstream. The Sheriff’s Office immediately mobilized a multi-agency search and rescue operation on the Klamath River.
Numerous resources responded to assist, including CHP Northern Air Operations, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team and CalFire’s swift water rescue team. In addition to official agencies and their volunteer groups, community volunteers showed up in masse to help search. Unfortunately, the child has still not been located. The search remains ongoing and additional resources have been requested through Cal OES to assist the Sheriff’s Office.
The disappearance of this child has been absolutely heartbreaking to everyone involved in this search operation. The Sheriff’s Office remains committed to search efforts and additional information will be provided in the future. To that end, we would like to thank the Karuk Tribe, CalFire, local fire departments, California Highway Patrol, and the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team volunteers for their continual efforts to find the missing boy and reunite him with his family.
If you have any information pertaining to this incident, please contact the Sheriff’s Office at (530) 841-2900. For media inquiries, contact our Public Information Officer at (530) 598-1647.
