Investigation continues into DeOrr Kunz disappearance

IDAHO FALLS — Officials say they are continuing to investigate the case of missing toddler DeOrr Kunz, Jr. even though there has not been any new information publicly released recently.

Lemhi County Sheriff Chief Deputy Steve Penner tells EastIdahoNews.com investigators have nothing new to say, but Penner says he will keep the public informed with significant developments.

Philip Klein, a private investigator working on the case, says his team is “putting the final touches” on their investigation, but has nothing to report right now.

Three weeks ago, on Jan. 25, Lemhi County Sheriff Lynn Bowerman announced DeOrr’s parents, DeOrr Kunz Sr. and Jessica Mitchell, are now considered suspects in the disappearance of their son.

Bowerman said the couple had been “less than truthful” during polygraph tests and interviews with investigators.

Kunz and Mitchell have not been arrested or charged with any crime.

Robert Walton and Isaac Reinwand, the other men on the camping trip when DeOrr disappeared, are still considered “persons of interest” in the case, but Bowerman says the focus of the investigation is now primarily on the parent’s accounting of events.

DeOrr disappeared July 10 while on a camping trip in Leadore. There has been no sign of the now three-year-old since that day and Bowerman says he is “100 percent” positive the child was not abducted.

EastIdahoNews.com will continue to follow this story and bring you any breaking developments.