NANTAN, KYOTO PREF. –
Police investigators continued their search Tuesday for an 11-year-old boy, focusing on mountains near his home in the city of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture.
Yuki Adachi, a sixth-grade student at a local elementary school, went missing after his father dropped him off near the school at around 8 a.m. on March 23, according to the Kyoto Prefectural Police.
His homeroom teacher noticed at around 8:30 a.m. that Adachi had not arrived at school. The teacher contacted his parents at around 11:50 a.m. His father reported to police around noon that his son was missing.
On March 29, Adachi’s relatives found the backpack he uses for school in the mountains about 3 kilometers west of the school.
The police have deployed about 700 investigators in the search for the boy. They have found no clues so far other than his backpack.
AloJapan.com