


Paul’s 18 police dogs, often described as “force multipliers” because of their natural ability to see, hear and smell things people cannot. Meanwhile, Sarik, the male German shepherd imported from Slovakia, was in the back of Murphy’s squad car. The boy, now in Murphy’s arms, grew confused after about 25 minutes of searching. Murphy took the boy by the hand, and the child began pointing in the direction of his home as a resident posted about the situation on the neighborhood Facebook page. Murphy and Duncan took off running after the boy, who was corralled by another neighbor about a block away. “He was here for a split second, said he was looking for his mom and he was gone,” Duncan said. The boy spoke briefly to Murphy, and again, he was gone in a flash. By then, Murphy was parked outside Duncan’s home. He had been following the boy and was on the phone with 911. That’s when a man in a truck called out to her. “He was on a mission,” Duncan said Wednesday.Ī woman down the street stopped the boy, and Duncan walked him back to her home. By the time Duncan reached the corner of Front and Chatsworth streets, the boy was already a block away. “Can you help me find my mom?”ĭuncan tried to persuade the boy to come inside for a snack, but he took off down the street. “I’m looking for my mom,” he told Duncan when she stopped him. The boy clad in the red pajamas dotted with trucks ran by heading west. when Amber Duncan walked outside of her home in the 900 block of Front Avenue to greet her sister and young niece and nephew. The dog eventually zeroed in on a plastic dump truck laying in a yard about five blocks from where the boy was first stopped by a concerned resident. A slew of neighbors also intervened to assist Murphy and Sarik.
