Police are confident that they have searched and cleared the areas where the boy could have gone on his own, including a large nearby county park with woods and a lake, Mortvedt said. They have asked homeowners or businesses with surveillance footage from the day he disappeared to come forward, along with any tips or information that might be of assistance.
The FBI said earlier this week that it has joined the investigation and offered “every resource available” to state and county departments leading the case.
Harrelson lived with his mother in the Spruce Village trailer park in Montezuma, Iowa, a town of 1,300 people that is 70 miles east of Des Moines. He disappeared after leaving home around 11 a.m. on May 27. A friend’s mother later called authorities to report the boy missing after speaking with Xavior’s worried mother.
Tip line created in search for missing Iowa boy
11-year-old vanished just before his birthday.
Posted: Jun 5, 2021 1:21 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Law enforcement has set up a tip line to help find a boy who vanished from a rural Iowa trailer park days before his 11th birthday.
The FBI and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are hoping the digital tip line will help in the search for Xavior Harrelson. Harrelson went missing May 27. Detectives are considering several possibilities in the disappearance of Harrelson, including that he was abducted, that he suffered an accident or that he ran away.