AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE CHILD ABDUCTION

TRI STATE AUTHORTIES ARE CONTINUING THEIR SEARCH FOR A WHITE CARGO VAN THAT MAY BE INVOLVED IN A CHILD ABDUCTION.

THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN FRIDAY MORNING AROUND 8AM THAT THE VAN DRIVEN BY A WHITE MALE WITH ANOTHER WHITE MALE PASSENGER WAS HEADED NORTH ON HIGHWAY 59. 

THE WITNESS REPORTED SEEING A CHILD, WITH HANDS TIED, BANGING ON THE VEHICLE'S BACK WINDOW.

THE IOWA STATE PATROL HAS AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR SEARCHING FOR THE VEHICLE, AS WELL. THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS NO ONE HAS REPORTED A MISSING CHILD AT THIS TIME THOUGH.  ANYONE SEEING THE VAN IS ASKED TO CALL 911.