This was from today's StatesmanJournal.com. FYI: There is a Kingdom Hall at the corner of Sunnyside Road and Mildred Lane.
Here is the link with photos: http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=53453
Here is the story text:
Toddler missing in South Salem
DIANE STEVENSON / Statesman Journal
Kristin and Mike Hartman search the area around Valleywood Drive SE where 2-year-old Travis Adams was reported missing Sunday.
Volunteers help police search for a 2-year-old who slipped away from his family.
DAN DE CARBONEL
Statesman Journal
December 16, 2002
A 2-year-old boy became the focus of a massive search Sunday night after he was reported missing from a South Salem home.
Police and dozens of volunteers scoured the Morningside Neighborhood near Sunnyside Road and Mildred Lane SE after the boy, Travis Adams, first was noticed missing at 6:10 p.m.
The temperature was in the 40s with heavy rain and gusting winds.
A 2-year-old in these conditions, were very concerned about it, said Lt. Dave Okada of the Salem Police Department.
The toddler, 3 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 40 pounds and was wearing a gray sweatshirt with dark blue pants. He has blue eyes and blond hair in a buzz cut.
At least 40 neighbors headed into the streets with raincoats and flashlights to search for Travis.
Weve been looking under bushes, under shrubs, for any signs of clothing or any indication of where he might be, searcher Gail Ripp said.
If it was my son I know Id want people out looking for him, said one man who declined to give his name.
The Marion County Search and Rescue Team conducted an areawide search for the boy.
Police did not know if the child was abducted or simply lost. They contacted his biological parents late Sunday, and Okada said there were no signs of foul play.
Police did not know what circumstances led to the boys removal from his birth residence.
Travis joined his foster family in northeast Salem several months ago. They had just arrived at their friends home at 875 Valleywood Drive SE when Travis slipped out of sight.
Police said they were following multiple leads late Sunday night and were considering issuing one of the states first Amber Alerts. Oregons Amber Alert, created in November, uses telephone hotlines and highway reader boards to broadcast information about missing children.
It is patterned after the system created in Texas after the 1996 kidnap and murder of Amber Hagerman, who was 9 years old when she disappeared.
Dan de Carbonel can be reached at (503) 399-6714.