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A car has been found in connection with the search for a missing two-year-old in Texas but the boy is still missing, authorities said.
Anthony Stroder, originally from Midwest City in Oklahoma, has been missing since January.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol issued an Endangered Missing Advisory for the missing child last month.
He is believed to be with his non-custodial mother Katelyn Thornton, 22, and her boyfriend Aurelio Cardenas, 26, according to Sergeant Eric Hooker.
Potter County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a car in connection to the search was found in Amarillo and it is believed to be the same one Thornton and Cardenas were seen driving on February 14.
“I believe the longer the child is missing, the further the endangerment becomes. Just based off of not being in his comfort zone, not being with, you know, accurate family members,” Hooker told local media.
Police no longer believe that the pair are in Amarillo and could be in the Texas Panhandle region with Stroder.
The sheriff’s office said that Cardenas is a registered sex offender and was arrested in 2019 for solicitation of a minor, News9 reports.
