RCMP expand search for missing two-year-old Manitoba boy Chase Martens

WINNIPEG — The desperate search is continuing for a two-year-old boy who disappeared in rural Manitoba.

Chase Martens was last seen Tuesday night in the front yard of his family’s home in Austin. RCMP announced Saturday it is expanding its search radius beyond four kilometres.

READ: Timeline of missing two-year-old Manitoba boy Chase Martens

RCMP and hundreds of volunteers have scoured fields, bush and waterways around the home but haven’t found a trace of the toddler.

If Martens has not been found by 6 p.m. on Saturday, the young boy will have been missing for 96 hours.

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1:59 Desperate search continues for 2-year-old Chase Martens

Mounties have begun using drones in the search, which will continue as the search ramps up again on Saturday.

READ MORE: How police are using drones in the search for Chase Martens and other missing people

The Underwater Recovery Team is also back on scene after they searched a partially frozen creek near the Martens home.