How to resolve AdBlock issue? CLEARLAKE, Calif. – As evening approached on Monday, officials and volunteers from agencies around Northern California continued looking for an autistic child who is believed to have wandered from her family’s home the previous afternoon.
Nine-year-old Mikaela Renee Lynch has been the focus of a growing search effort since she disappeared on Sunday. She was last seen playing in the family’s yard on Harbor Drive, according to police.
Officials at the incident’s command post – housed at the Mormon Church at 14970 Lakeview Way in Clearlake – said about 100 volunteers were searching for the girl on Monday.
Local police and fire departments were aided by agencies from around the region.
The multiagency search included search and rescue and sheriff’s personnel from the counties of Lake, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara and Sonoma, as well as a Cal Fire.
A video report posted above by John Jensen of Lake County News shows the work under way at the command post and in the search area.
Teams combed nearby fields, and searches also were conducted on the water on nearby Cache Creek and from the air by helicopter, according to Clearlake Police Chief Craig Clausen.
Scott De Leon, head of the Lake County Public Works and Water Resources departments, said that on Sunday Yolo County officials, who operate the Cache Creek dam, reduced the flows through the dam at the request of those overseeing the search.
Mikaela is a white female, standing 4 feet tall and weighing 70 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes. She is unable to speak.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251 or call 911.
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