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The Canadian Press
Posted March 27, 2016 8:37 am EST
Updated March 27, 2016 8:38 am EST
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AUSTIN, Man. – An autopsy is set to be performed today on a two-year-old Manitoba boy whose body was found in a rural creek this weekend .
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Hundreds of searchers spent days looking for Chase Martens in an area around the community of Austen.
“I would estimate about 30,000 volunteer hours were donated this week. Majority of them people who were total strangers to the Martens family,” RCMP Sgt. Bert Paquet said at a news conference.
Police say there are no obvious signs of foul play and it appears he just walked away from his home.
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They say investigators will continue working to try to determine the circumstances surrounding the boy’s death.
Chase disappeared on Tuesday sparking a frantic search.
Police say the creek where he was found is only about a half kilometre from his home.
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Searchers walk in a line near where two-year-old Chase Martens went missing.
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Members of the canine unit out searching for missing two -year-old Chase Martens.
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The line of searchers scouring the area near Austin, Manitoba where two-year-old Chase Martens went missing.
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Vehicles lined up as searcher try to find for two-year-old Chase Martens.
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RCMP canine unit is searching Hwy. 1 near Hwy. 34 for two-year-old Chase Martens
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RCMP update media about the search for missing two-year-old Chase Martens in Austin, Manitoba.
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The command centre set up at the home where two-year-old Chase Martens went missing.
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Searchers use quads to help look for missing Chase Martens Friday afternoon near Austin, Man.
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