Massive Search Finds Young CdA Boy

• Update: KCSD confirms at 5:43 p.m. that the child has been found safe/ Lt. Kim Edmondson, KCSD spokeswoman
• Neighbor finds disheveled boy with one shoe off /Bay Views

A 2 1/2-year-old Coeur d’Alene boy is the subject of a major search in the wooded area at the end of Bunco Road in northern Kootenai County. Cooper Irwin, the son of Kevin and Holly Irwin, has been missing since about 1:45 p.m. from a farm house at the end of Bunco Road, where his family was visiting relatives. The boy was reported missing a half hour later. Area residents began looking for him immediately. The search has expanded to include rescuers from the sheriff’s office, Timberlake Fire District, a helicopter from Spokane, and a canine unit. The boy was described by sheriff’s spokeswoman Kim Edmondson as wearing blue sweat pants with red-and-white stripes, a blue flannel shirt over a white T-shirt and brown shoes with red socks. He is not dressed for the weather. Lt. Edmondson said the sheriff’s office may issue an Amber Alert.