Lowering water in Walnut Creek Lake helps police's search for missing La Vista boy
Investigators focused on area where K9 dogs found possible scent of Ryan Larsen, 11, last seen a week ago
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Updated: 9:31 PM CDT May 24, 2021
Lowering water in Walnut Creek Lake helps police's search for missing La Vista boy
Investigators focused on area where K9 dogs found possible scent of Ryan Larsen, 11, last seen a week ago
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Updated: 9:31 PM CDT May 24, 2021
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NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT WITH BREAKING WSNE BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE 11 YEAR OLD RYAN LARSON WENT MISSING. THANKSOR F JOINING US TONIGHT. I’M ALEXANDRA STONE. I’M DAVID EARL THE LA VISTA BOY WITH AUTISM WALKED OUT OF HIS SCHOOL LAST MONDAY AND POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HIM EVER SINCE CREWS FOCUSED ON WALNUT CREEK LAKE ALL WEEKEND AND AGAIN TODAY ETH PATTER LEVEL THEER TO HELP SEARCHERS FIND RYAN KETV NEWSWATCH SEVENS. JOSE IS LIVE OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH THE ACTIVE. TONIGHT SEJO ALEXANDER DAVID LA VISTA POLICE CHIEF. BOB LAWSON SAYS OFFICERS ARE TRUSTING THE HITS THAT MULTIPLE CANINES HAVE GOTTEN FOR THEM IN ONE PARTICURLA PART OF WALNUT CR EEK LAKE. THAT IS WHY THE CHIEF SAYS HIS TEAM AND ALL THEAR PTNERS THAT HAVE HELPED THEM WILL SEARCH INTO THE NIGHT. THANKS TO THAT LOWER WATER LEVEL. WE’VE ISOLATED IT DOWN TO A PARTICULARRE AA IN THANKS TO THE NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT. WE WERE ABLE TO LOWER ETH OUTER LEVEL AND UNTIL THAT WATER LEVEL LOWERED. WE’RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A ANQUDARY BECAUSE THE MUCK AND THE SILT SEAWEED EVERYTHING THAT ARE IN A PARTICULAR AREA THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT IS REALLY REALLY THICK. AND TODAY’SEA SRCH CREWS ALSO TOOK TO THE SKIES USING DRONES TO GET A BETTER IDEAF O WHAT WALNUT CREEK LAKE LKSOO LIKE NOW THAT THE WATER HAS GONE DOWN. BY 10:30 MONDAY MORNING PAPIO NRD TELLS KETV, NEWSWATCH 7. FEET OF WATER HAD DRAINED FMRO THE LAKE REVEALING TIRES MOSS AND A SHORELINE FOR INVESTIGATORS TO CHECK AGAIN AT AROUND 1PM. OUR CAMERAS CAUGHT LA VISTA POLICEND A NEBRASKA STATE PATROL CHECKI ANG ROCKY PATCH BY AN INLET ON THE OTHER SIDE OFHE T LAKE THEIR HOPE COMING IN TO DAY EIGHT OF THE SEARCH FINDING ANY SIGN THAT RYAN LSOARN WAS CLOSE BY WE HAVE A CANINE HIT IN THAT AREA WITH THE SCENT. SO WE HAVE TO VET THAT THAT SENT OUT AND MULTIPLE DOGS HAVE IN THE SAME AREA. SO AGAIN, THAT’S OUR BEST LEAD RIGHT NOW TO FDIN OUT WHERE RYAN’S AT LARSON WAS LAST SEEN MONDAY ARODUN 2 PM NEAR HIS FAMILY’S APARTMENT COMPLEX ON 84TH AND HARRISON, THAT’S MORE THAN SIX MILES AWAY FROM WALNUT CREEK. OUT NEAR THE WATER. WE SAW SOMERD N WORKERS MONITORING THE PROCESS LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ALSO BROUGHT OUT DRONESO T SCAN FROM THE SKIES AND MAP OUTHE T PARK FROM OUR SKYWATCH 7 CAMERA HIGH IN THE AIR CONDITIONS SEEM WENDY, BUT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR POLICE TO KEEP LOOKING TOMORROW. I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH LEROW IT WILL GO OR HOW MUCH AT LOWER I CAN GO IN THE SPECIFIC AREA THAT WE'R’ IN WE’RELS AO EXPECTING RAIN AND SO WITH RAIN THAT FILLS IT BACK UP AS FOR HOW THE LAKE WATER WAS DRAINED PAPIO AND OUR DETAILS AS POLICE CALLED TMHE AFTER FIVE SATURDAY EVENING BY SEVEN THE AGENCY STARTED PULLING THE PLUG BY USING ITS DRAWDOWN STRUCTURNEE AR THE END AS ON AVERAGE. THE LOOK IS ABOUT 10 FEET DEEP. AND WE DON’T ANTICIPATE THE DEPTATH CREEK LAKE GETTING MUCH LOWER TONIGHT AND TOMORROWRD N TELLS ME IT’S VERY LIKELY THEY’LL PUT THE PLUG BKAC IN LATER TONIGHT UILNT THEY’RE TOLD OTHERWISE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT WHICH THEY’LL COOPERATE ON JUST WHERE TO GO NEXT. NOW. THERE’S NO WAY TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG THE SEARCH WILL GO IN TONIGHT AS CHIEF LOST DIDN’T MENTIONED FOR NOW REPORTI LNGIVE IN LA VISTA. JOSEA FOR KETV, NEWSWATCH 7. ALL RIGHT, JOSE. THANKS. LA VISTA’S POLICE CHIEF ALSO ADDRESSED THE RUMORS. HE’S SEEN ON SOCIAL MED HEIA AS THIS STANDS RIGHT NOW. ISTH IS ONLY AN ENDANGERED MISSING PERSON’S CASE. HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT HAS LED TO BELIEVEHA TT THIS IS AN ABDUCTNIO OR SOME TEYP OF MALEVOLENT EVENT. THAT’S TAKEN PLACE. SO NO THERE’S NOTHING TO THAT AND AGAIN SOME OF THEUM RORS THAT ARE FLOATING OUT. THERE ARE ARE JUST DISGUSTING. IN A PUBLIC POST MADE ON FACEBOOK RYAN’S SISTER TAYLOR SAYS THEY STILL BELIEVE RYAN IS OUT THERE AND BELIEVEOD G IS WATCHING OVER HIM. SHE ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO NOT GIVE UP OR FORGET ABOUT RYAN. SHE’S LOST AND SAYS IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING REGARDING THIS CASE OR EVEN IF YOU’VEEEN S SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE WHILE WALKING YOU CAN SUBTMI THOSE TIPS BY USING SARPY COUNTY’S NEW APP CALLED SEE IT SAY IT SEND IT ANDOU Y CAN CHOOSE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. AND IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE FR OM THE LA VISTA POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVHIE S FULL COMMENT. ON THESE SEARCH EFFTSOR AT KETV.COM. WE’LL SEND IMMEDIATE UPDATES T