IS IN RELATION AN ONGOING AMBER

ALERT INVESTIGATION..

THIS IS NEWS CHANNEL 11 AT 530

I'M SARA DIAMOND, JOSH SMITH IS

OFF

TONIGHT..

THE WILKES COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE BEGAN SEARCHING A

POND THIS AFTERNOON..

WILKES COUNTY IS WHERE THE

GRANDMOTHER OF 15-MONTH OLD

EVELYN BOSWELL WAS ARRESTED

EARLIER THIS WEEK, ALONG

WITH HER BOYFRIEND..

WILKES COUNTY IS ABOUT TWO HOURS

AWAY FROM SULLIVAN

COUNTY - WHERE A STATEWIDE AMBER

ALERT WAS ISSUED A WEEK

AGO..

NEWS CHANNEL 11'S ANSLEE DANIEL

JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT

FROM WILKES COUNTY..

ANSLEE HAVE YOU SPOKE WITH

AUTHORITIES THERE ABOUT THIS

SEARCH?

SARA- WE JUST ARRIVED ON SCENE

HERE AT NORTH LOMAX

ROAD IN TRAPHILL, NORTH

CAROLINA.

CREWS ARE SEARCHING THIS POND

AFTER RECEIVING A TIP IN

REGARDS TO THE EVELYN BOSWELL

AMBER ALERT.

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ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 26,

2020, THE WILKES COUNTY

SHERIFF'S

OFFICE, ASSISTED BY THE

SHERRILLS FORD TERRELL FIRE &

RESCUE

DEPARTMENT, CONDUCTED A SEARCH

RELATED TO THE

INVESTIGATION OF THE MISSING

CHILD EVELYN MAE BOSWELL.

THE SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BY

SHERRILLS FORD TERRELL FIRE &

RESCUE TEAM USING A REMOTE

OPERATED VEHICLE DEVICE

AS THE SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED IN A

BODY OF WATER, AT A POND,

LOCATED IN THE SHEPHERDS

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY IN

WILKES COUNTY.

THE SEARCH WAS INCONCLUSIVE TO

ANY FACTS TO THE INVESTIGATION

AND ALL INFORMATION HAS BEEN

REPORTED BACK TO THE

SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

AND THE TENNESSEE

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS AS THEY

CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS

INVESTIGATION.

ALSO ON FEBRUARY 26, 2020,

WILLIAM MCCLOUD WAS

TAKEN FROM THE WILKES COUNTY

JAIL AND WAS EXTRADITED BACK TO

THE STATE OF TENNESSEE TO FACE

HIS OUTSTANDING

CRIMINAL CHARGES.

THE WILKES COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK

SHERRILLS FORD TERRELL FIRE &

RESCUE FOR ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE

IN THIS MATTER.

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE AND THE TENNESSEE

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS ARE

INVESTIGATING

THE AMBER ALERT AND THIS

INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS

AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

BOTH WILKES COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE AND FIREFIGHTERS

FROM CATAWBA COUNTY ARE ON THE

SCENE.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE HERE FOR

SEVERAL MORE

HOURS AND WE WILL UPDATE YOU AS

SOON AS WE KNOW MORE.

LIVE IN TRAPHILL, NC -- ANSLEE

DANIEL NEWS CHANNEL 11.

SARA?

ANSLEE DANIEL LIVE IN NORTH

CAROLINA TONIGHT THANK

YOU..

SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF JEFF

CASSIDY SAID TODAY THE WIDE