Film crew producing documentary on missing DeOrr Kunz Jr.
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IDAHO FALLS – An independent Colorado film crew working on a documentary about missing children has been in Idaho Falls the past few days interviewing people close to DeOrr Kunz Jr.
The Idaho Falls toddler disappeared July 10 while camping with his family in Leadore. Extensive searches have been conducted around the area but there has been no sign of the little boy.
The film crew spent hours with DeOrr Kunz Sr. and Jessica Mitchell, Deorr Jr.’s parents. Both agreed to go on-camera and share their story in their first interview since speaking with EastIdahoNews.com.
Filmmakers also conducted an on-camera interview with Isaac Reinwand, a friend who was camping with the family. Kunz’s twin sister, Tenisha Thompkins, and their father, also DeOrr Kunz, spoke with the filmmakers as did family friends Kelsey Olsen and Jamie Prestwich.
The producers plan to travel to Lemhi County Tuesday to visit Timber Creek Campground and interview Chief Deputy Steve Penner.
The yet-to-be-titled documentary will feature several other cases of missing American children dating as far back as the 1950’s. It will include in-depth interviews with those close to the Jaryd Atadero case, a three-year-old who vanished from a campground in the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area of Colorado in 1999.
Film producers say one reason they are attracted to the Kunz case is because of the massive attention it’s received on social media. Thousands of messages from folks all over the world have been posted on Facebook.
Those interviewed for the documentary were not paid to participate. Completion and release dates for the documentary haven’t been released.