Manitoba RCMP search for missing six-year-old Shamattawa boy enters fifth day [Video]

Manitoba RCMP and community members are still feverishly searching for a six-year-old boy who went missing five days ago.

Johnson Redhead disappeared on Wednesday morning from Shamattawa First Nation in northeastern Manitoba. Investigators said he attended his school’s breakfast program until 9 a.m., but never showed up for his first class.

Sgt. Paul Manaigre, a Manitoba RCMP media relations officer, told CTV News on Sunday that two teams are still searching wooded areas around Shamattawa, a fly-in community about 750 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. Manaigre added there’s also a containment team combing through the community.

“What they’re doing is going from property to property,” Manaigre explained. “Did he go under a house’s crawl space? We have some areas that have appliances outside, so we’re checking those. Anything that someone of that age can hide is being checked.”

Manaigre said there haven’t been any definitive leads to Redhead’s whereabouts – and …