CLEVELAND, N.C. — The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office, with the help from the FBI, is searching for 14-year-old Gideon Andrew Ferguson, who was reported missing Wednesday.
Deputies are using K-9 units and drones to search for the boy who was last when his grandmother dropped off from school at his home at 4 p.m. on Watermoss Drive in Cleveland. His mom reported him missing one hour later.
“Come home, bud,” his mom, Kamie Neel, said. “We will figure it out. Come home.”
“We love you more than we are mad at you,” said his father, Dylan Ferguson. “I promise you that.”
The teen’s cellphone and backpack were left at home.
“We’ve got phones and we can see activity on phones,” said Sheriff Darren Campbell. “We have gaming consoles, school computers different things at school with friends, so there’s a lot of digital evidence we have to go through, and we’re going through right now. Right now, it don’t seem like nothing has been accessed.”
First responders are concerned because of overnight cold temperatures.
The search was suspended Wednesday night but continued Thursday morning in eastern Iredell County, which is very rural with a lot of farmland.
More than 100 people were involved in the search Thursday.
This is a developing story. Check back with wsoctv.com and watch Eyewitness News for updates.
VIDEO: Iredell County deputies using canines, drones to search for missing teen
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