Police have seized a white utility from a property in the NSW Hunter Valley as they investigate the disappearance of child Anthony “AJ” Elfalak.
Police confirmed on Sunday evening that they had seized a ute from a property at Bulga, a village which is about 78 kilometres north-east of where the three-year-old child was last seen.
A white Ford ute is seized during the search for missing child AJ Elfalak. Credit:Nine News
AJ, who has autism and is non-verbal, vanished from his home on Yengo Drive at Putty at around 11.30am on Friday.
A major search effort involving more than 100 police and rescue volunteers is set to continue on Sunday evening and into Monday.
Anthony “AJ” Elfalak. Credit:NSW Police
Footage also emerged on Sunday of search crews exploring an abandoned house, which Nine News reported was about one kilometre south of the Elfalak’s family farm at Putty.
The video appears to show some furnishings in the shack, which was derelict and strewn with rubbish.
The house was cordoned off with police tape on Sunday.
Police also seized CCTV footage from a service station at Colo Heights, which is about 40 minutes drive south of Putty towards Sydney.
AJ’s parents, Anthony and Kelly Elfalak, reported him missing on Friday morning and spent Sunday scouring their property for him in a private helicopter.
Trail bikes, sniffer dogs, horses, helicopters and police divers were also used to search the remote 650-acre farm, which has 15 dams flanked by dense bushland.
One of the dams was drained by an excavator on Sunday morning.
AJ has short dark hair and was last seen wearing a grey jumper and pants.
A close friend of the family reported that they had seen a “suspicious vehicle” which looked like a white Toyota Hilux on the farm’s private road around the time AJ went missing.
NSW police superintendent Tracy Chapman said all angles were being explored in the investigation.
An abandoned house has been searched in the hunt for missing three-year-old AJ Elfalak. Credit:Nine News
“We’re following up any leads of inquiry that we might have, ensuring that everything is pursued by our investigators,” she said on Sunday.
AJ’s father, Anthony Elfalak, said the family was extremely stressed by the situation.
“A kid just doesn’t pick up and disappear,” he told Nine News. “Not from here. Not from these parts.”
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