Updated: 6:42 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021 It s been two months since a 12-year-old boy with autism was last seen. Now, we know LaVista police called in the top landfill experts in the country to conduct an assessment. LaVista police Chief Bob Lausten said investigators quickly knew the dumpster in the apartment complex where Ryan Larsen was last seen could play a key role in ruling out certain theories in the boy s disappearance. Within the first week, they had GPS tracking on the trash that was in the apartment complex dumpster. We knew there was a dumpster in the complex. and you re looking at all different avenues because we really have no evidence whether he was abducted, whether he walked away, whether there was foul play involved here, Lausten said. Ryan s sister posted on Facebook Tuesday knowing a lot of people were looking for an update.The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children brought in the experts on July 5 for a three-day assessment to look at the cost
Police say DNA on umbrella could place missing Nebraska boy near home
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LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) Police in eastern Nebraska say DNA found on an umbrella could place the last known whereabouts of an autistic boy missing for six weeks near his home in La Vista.
Police Chief Bob Lausten says the DNA of 12-year-old Ryan Larsen has been confirmed on an umbrella the boy had carried May 17, the day he disappeared.
The umbrella was found on the grounds of the La Vista apartments where Ryan lives and turned over to police three or four days after his disappearance.
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La Vista police say they have identified person in pictures connected to Ryan Larsen case Share Updated: 4:17 PM CDT Jun 9, 2021
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:17 PM CDT Jun 9, 2021 LATEST: La Vista police say they have identified a woman in a series of images believed to be connected to the search for missing 12-year-old Ryan Larsen.Just before 4 p.m., police said they had identified the woman and reiterated she is not a suspect. Lausten said she works for Larsen s school district. Previous storyOn Wednesday, La Vista police released a series of images, asking the public to help them identify the woman seen in them.According to a news release: The attached images show a woman holding a phone. detectives want to identify and speak with the person holding the phone. She is not a suspect in this case, but may have information. La Vista police Chief Bob Lausten told KETV NewsWatch 7 that the woman holdi