Alberta RCMP call off search for missing six-year-old after 11 days
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CROWSNEST PASS – The search for a six-year-old boy missing for 11 days in mountainous terrain in southern Alberta has been called off.
RCMP Cpl. Gina Slaney says the search for Darius Macdougall in the Crowsnest Pass area has not turned up any trace of the boy.
“We’ve reached out to everybody to assist us,” Slaney told reporters in an online news conference Wednesday. “He has not been located.”
“If Darius is still in the search site, it is our belief that he is no longer alive.”
Searchers, helicopters, dogs, drones and underwater teams had scoured 22 square kilometres of the woods since the boy disappeared around noon on Sept. 21.
Darius was reported missing after he didn’t return from a walk with six young relatives from an area where the family had been camping.
The boy from Lethbridge, Alta., has autism, which rescuers said likely complicated the search, because it may have prevented him from responding to his name.
Slaney said the police investigation will continue as officers check tips and other leads.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 1, 2025.