Volunteers Press Search for Boy Scout Missing in Wilkes County
A 12-year-old Boy Scout was the subject of a search by police and rescue personnel Sunday near a campsite along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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David Bauer of the Blue Ridge Parkway administration said personnel from Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties, the Parkway and a Highway Patrol helicopter were involved in the search.
The missing Scout was identified as Michael Auberry of Troop 230 in Greensboro.
The troop had begun the campout Friday evening, hiking about 1.5 miles down a logging road from a parking area on federal land, Bauer said. On Saturday, Auberry was part of a group of Scouts who remained in camp while another group went hiking, he said. The entire troop had eaten lunch together, and Auberry as reported missing about 3 p.m.
He said he's not aware of Auberry having any arguments or problems with the troop or his family.
A command post had been established about six miles from the community of McGrady, Bauer said.
Auberry was wearing pants, a shirt and a coat. The Sunday afternoon temperature at Mount Airy, about 25 miles northeast of Traphill in northwest North Carolina, was in the low 40s, the National Weather Service said.
The camping area is near the Alleghany-Wilkes county line, authorities said.
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