CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A search is continuing in and around Clearlake for a 13-year-old boy who disappeared early Saturday morning.
Isaiah Blevins, a sixth grader at Pomo Elementary School, was last seen at 6 a.m. Saturday when he left home to take his dog for a walk, according to his older brother, Chris Arizmendez.
Later in the morning, the Clearlake Police Department issued an alert on the missing teen, but on Saturday evening authorities confirmed the boy was still listed as missing.
On Saturday evening, Arizmendez said he and his family, along with friends and many community members, were actively searching for Isaiah, who was last seen in the area of Lenore Avenue north of Davis Avenue.
Arizmendez estimated about 100 people had been involved with looking for the boy, with people continuing to arrive to ask where they could help search.
At around 6 a.m. Saturday Isaiah got up and asked his mother if he could take his dog out for a walk, Arizmendez said, adding that his brother never left the house without checking first with his mother.
She gave permission and he changed clothes and left. At that point, his mother was cooking breakfast and didn’t see what he was wearing when he went out, Arizmendez said.
Arizmendez said his brother usually took his female pit bull for a walk up the hill on a dead end street in the area of Lenore and Davis avenues. “He does it every day.”
A short time later, after he hadn’t returned, Isaiah’s mother went out and began calling for him. When she got no answer, she sent his grandfather out to look for him, Arizmendez said.
About 25 minutes after Isaiah had left the house, his dog came home, still wearing her leash, Arizmendez said.
Arizmendez said police were notified. That led to the alert issued by the agency and a police search earlier in the day.
The area where Isaiah is known to have walked was checked thoroughly. No one has reported seeing him or anything out of the ordinary, Arizmendez said.
They’ve also checked to see if he has contacted any of his friends. “No one has heard from him, no one has seen him,” Arizmendez said.
Arizmendez described his brother as “a good kid” who has never run away.
“We don’t know what else to do,” Arizmendez said.
Isaiah Blevins is described as being 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 90 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Arizmendez believes his brother was wearing red Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers, which are his favorite shoes.
Anyone who has information on Isaiah’s whereabout is asked to call the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251.
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Search ongoing for missing sixth grader
- Elizabeth Larson