UPDATE: Search for autistic boy seeks more volunteers for Thursday (Robert Wood Jr.)

UPDATE: Search for autistic boy seeks more volunteers for Thursday | Richmond Times-Dispatch

DOSWELL --

A total of 940 volunteers helped authorities conduct 74 search missions so far today but 9-year-old Robert Wood Jr. still hasn’t been found.

“We are working under the assumption that he is still alive,” Hanover sheriff’s Capt. Michael Trice said at a 3:30 p.m. news briefing. “We’re looking to give him the aid that he needs.”

Trice said 940 volunteers were deployed today, and between 200 and 250 of those returned from helping Tuesday. The sheriff’s office is asking for more volunteer help on Thursday.