As investigators head into day-3 of the search for Christopher Ramirez, MISSING 3-YR OLD from Plantersville, they’re frustrated that few tips have come inChristopher went missing Wednesday 10/06/2021 after he chased a dog into the woods and never returned. During a Friday morning press conference, Grimes County Sheriff Sowell said a night of searching did not yield any new information.
I'll be honest folks, at this time I have absolutely no leads to give you. We have no leads to go on that we didn’t have yesterday.
Sowell confirmed that Christopher’s stepdad is a registered sex offender, but authorities have checked the stepdad out and verified that he was in the Houston area at the time Christopher went missing. Christopher’s biological father lives in Mexico, Sowell also confirmed, and while he or any other family members are not considered persons of interest, the Mexican Consulate has offered its assistance. Part of our team, is investigators working on criminal issues of interest, possible persons of interests, said Sowell. We have federal and international partners helping in case there’s any connection across the southern border.
Sheriff Sowell showed frustration over the lack of tips the sheriff’s office and other agencies have received. We are not getting any tips like to 911 or the SO-dispatch. We’re not getting any tips from the Grimes County Crime Stoppers. We’re not getting any tips on any Facebook or any other types of social media said the sheriff.
Law enforcement often get bombarded with calls during cases like this, according to Sowell.
He urged anyone who might have seen something suspicious, or just out of the ordinary, to call the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office at 936-873-2151.
It’s disappointing that we don’t have anything to go on. If you saw anything suspicious that might be 5 miles away, let us know and we’ll follow up on it. We haven’t had that many leads, factual leads to follow up on. Most of the time on things like this you get deluged with them, just hundreds of leads, hundreds of calls, we have very few, if any. The search for Christopher will be expanding slightly outside of the grid agencies have been working for the past 2-days. Two ponds have been completely drained and nothing found, according to law enforcement. We are slightly expanding the search a bit past the subdivision, and with the grid slightly expanding a little bit, said Sowell. We will expand it some more if we have reason to believe an area needs checked out.
The woods that Christopher ran into are thick and it would be easy to miss something, said Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch
Unfortunately as thick as everything is out here we’ve got to do everything 3-4 times. Miller said sometimes it can take search crews several passes over the same section to find a tiny piece of evidence. Although it may look like not much ground is being covered to the public, crews said they are meticulously searching every nook and cranny for any bit of evidence that can lead to the toddler.
According to Miller, search crews are no where near running out of options for Christopher yet. We’re here until we find him or until that day comes that we’ve exhausted every single resource and have nothing else to go on. But I can guarantee that we’re not close to that yet, said Miller.
With multiple agencies and search crews on the ground, Sheriff Sowell said they do not need civilian volunteers to help search at this time.
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VIDEO By KHOU 11 news Houston
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