On the last night 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson was known to have been at home, neighbors across Spruce Village say they heard a heated argument with loud shouting coming from the trailer. According to several witnesses, verbal fights were not unusual in the home. In hindsight, residents wonder whether the argument they heard May 26 had any role in the boy's disappearance. Sign up for our Newsletters Kevin Kautzer and his family are Xavior's.
By Aya Elamroussi and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN
Updated 1:47 PM ET, Thu June 3, 2021
Iowa authorities say 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson was reported missing May 27. (CNN)Authorities are seeking the public s help in the search for an 11-year-old boy who remains missing in central Iowa after hundreds of people spent part of Memorial Day weekend looking for him.
Xavior Harrelson was reported missing May 27 in Montezuma, Iowa, nearly 60 miles east of Des Moines, the Poweshiek County Sheriff s Office said in a Facebook post.
The FBI is assisting local authorities in the search, Amy Adams, a spokeswoman for the FBI Omaha field office, confirmed on Thursday.
Every morning, Kevin and Kelly Kautzer play the card game UNO in the kitchen of their rural Montezuma mobile home.
And every morning, they said, they always see the boy next door 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson riding his blue bike outside their north-facing window. I think he tries to get our daughter s attention, said Kelly Kautzer, 51. She s 10, and they play and ride bikes together all the time. I think he has a little crush on her.
But on the morning of May 27, Kevin and Kelly Kautzer didn t see Harrelson outside.
“I’ve never seen him leave the mobile home park except to go to school,” said Kevin Kautzer, 59. By then, Montezuma schools had already started their summer vacation.
Foul play not ruled out in disappearance of Xavior Harrelson Share Updated: 11:38 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021
Foul play not ruled out in disappearance of Xavior Harrelson Share Updated: 11:38 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021
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Show Transcript investigators were seen today at the home of Xavier Harrelson in the mobile home park where he lived. They had more questions for the family of the 11 year old boy who went missing five days ago. It s been several days since he s gone missing. One of those nights was in the thirties. As more time goes by. That s got to be troubling from your point of view with the report that we have what he was last seen wearing a T shirt and pajama bottoms and tennis shoes. That was a concern of ours. But as the days go on, it, it s increasingly more suspicious and uh, more concerning Samantha riggs is a family friend and says she notified police after Xavier s mom told her that her son was missing. I m not stopping. I won t stop lo