A search team from Kitchener has travelled down to Lake Erie in the hopes of recovering the body of nine-year-old Alex Ottley, who was swept into the waterway in mid-February.
The move comes after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) scaled back their search off of Peacock Point last Tuesday saying sonar, helicopter and shoreline searches were unsuccessful.
Over a dozen volunteers and two boats make up the team directed by the Advanced Tactical Training Search and Rescue (ATTSR) group which typically assists in private searches for missing persons utilizing marine units, aviation teams and dogs.
Senior trainer Bill Bolton told Global News that their search for Ottley began on the weekend around the shoreline at Peacock Point and will continue for the rest of the week with marine units, dogs and drones.
“So today (Monday) and the rest of the week is going to be on the water,” said Bolton. “And it’s all around Peacock Point, basically both sides at this point, where we’re expanding the search beyond what OPP did and we’re just going to expand from there.”
Bolton says the team took on the recovery mission after the family of Ottley requested the group’s services.
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