The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office will continue its search for missing 5-year-old Kyle Doan this weekend.
The sheriff's office will be assisted by the San Luis Obispo County Incident Management Team during their large-scale ground search operation on both Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9.
Kyle was swept away by raging floodwaters on Jan. 9 in the San Marcos Creek. The sheriff's office has held several searches for Kyle since then.
This weekend's search will involve approximately 300 search crew personnel from around the state.
Crews will be conducting full-day searches on both days in the Salinas River from the San Marcos Creek confluence to the Big Sandy Creek confluence. That is an area approximately 6 miles long and a half-mile wide. K9s and heavy equipment will be staged and prepared to respond immediately if evidence of Kyle's location is discovered.
Officials with the sheriff's office say they are not seeking volunteers during this search, saying;
"We understand the community's desire to help with the search but at this time there is no need for volunteers and all incident needs are being met. We also appreciate the community's generosity in donating food for this search effort, but we have no means of accepting the donations. Again, we ask for the community's patience as we conduct this latest search effort, and we thank everyone for the ongoing support."
