The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department reported Wednesday that no evidence has been found in connection with a children’s abduction story reported last week.
“After an extensive investigation we’ve determined that we cannot substantiate it at this point,” Sheriff Mike Strong said. “We’ve got eye witnesses, obvious evidence at the scene that we cannot corroborate any of the complaint and at this time the case is closed.”
Three children said they were abducted last Tuesday in Buchanan County.
As we previously reported, the children’s parents originally called them in missing. Then the kids turned up along King Hill Avenue near High Street around 8 p.m. Tuesday soaking wet.
According to Colonel Bill Puett the three children between the ages of five and eleven told their parents that a man in a white, four-door pickup truck abducted them, took them out into the county and then threw them into a pond.
However, Strong said an eyewitness saw the kids crossing a bridge at Kuck road near Lake Contrary Creek.
“We actually have an eye witness that saw the kids before they walked across the bridge, while they were walking across the bridge and after they walked across the bridge,” Strong said.
The children were also interviewed by the Northwest Children’s Advocacy Center.
“We are certain as to what happened that day and none of the physical evidence matched up right from the very start and no consistency in any of the complaints from the three different victims, alleged victims,” Strong said. “The case is closed.”