Clinton--
Clinton-- A heavy police presence at a vacant house near the Harley Dilly residence.
Investigators say the
14-year-old is still
missing. Today marks 25
days since
he vanished.
Our Michael Tatar has been
outside the
home all night and joins us LIVE
with the
very latest on the
investigation.
investigation.
Harley
Harley Dilly has been missing from Port
from Port
Clinton
Clinton since Friday December 20th... when he was last seen walking to
school
in the morning.
Two days later... The Port
Clinton Police Chief says police
and fire have
conducted an extensive search of
the area for Harley. Chief
Hickman states
that the investigation does not
currently
indicate any foul play.
On Christmas Eve... Port
Clinton Police
upgrade Harley's missing alert
to an
endangered missing child
advisory.
On Christmas day... police
release
surveillance video they believe
shows Harley.
The next day... crews search a
150-acre
area around Port Clinton.
On the 27th... The search
for Harley goes
nationwide, with plans to
distribute missing
posters across the U-S.
And that leads us to tonight...
where
investigators search a vacant
home near the
Dilly residence.
Dilly residence. Despite any luck to find Harley
Dilly, two local businesses hope their
efforts to fund a
reward will change that.
Fisherman's Wharf and Beyoutiful Salon in town were among the first to collect
money for a reward. Back in
December
they donated 2- thousand dollars
to
Port Clinton police.
Fishermen's Wharf
then started a GoFundMe which
raised nearly 6- thousand.
Now
they continue to sell t-shirts
and help
spread the word in hopes of
finding
Harley.
finding Harley.
Harley.
Harley. "It's just amazing how many good
people there are but on the flip side,
"It just really
disgusts me how bad people are
attacking
this family ok Facebook, just
based
on YouTube videos from six years
ago and
that stuff. They have no idea.
Most people
don't even live here that are
causing all the
problems and that's where why
we're
standing up for the dilly
family."
More donations from this past
weekend
have pushed that reward to
19,545
dollars. A large portion
of that comes
from local business owners who
say they
just want to see Harley back
home
home
home We
home We have been following this
story since the very beginning. As the
investigation continues... we
will
keep you up to date on any
breaking... new
developments. We'll keep
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