FIND HIM: Missing Tot Dane Paulsen, 2, Vanished From Front Yard

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The search for Dane Paulsen continues. Crews have searched 382 acres.

In the first 24 hours of his disappearance, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, working with local, state, and federal agencies, deployed 88 certified search and rescue members, four watercraft, four divers, four drones, six human-trailing K9s, 40 investigators, and 138 community volunteers. The FBI is providing family resources through its Victim Services Division.

Volunteers arrived at sunrise to help search for the two-year-old, who has been missing since around 4:30 p.m. the previous day. Law enforcement, surprised by the large turnout, set up a command post at a boat launch across the river from the toddler’s home.

In a Facebook post, Dane’s mother, Cha Met, pleaded for help, writing, “Our baby is missing. His name is Dane. He’s 2 years old, but he looks like he’s 3 or 4. He was wearing navy blue shoes with two stars, white socks, black sweats, and a dark blue zip-up hooded fleece with teddy bear ears.”

Police continue asking the public for any information that could help find the toddler.

Joining Nancy Grace today

Anne Bremner - Trial Lawyer, Legal Analyst, and Author: “Justice in the Age of Judgment;" X: @annembremner, Instagram: @Anne_Bremner
Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA; Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital; Voted My Buckhead’s Best Psychiatric Practice of 2022, 2023 and 2024
Dave Moyer - Georgia K9 Tracker, Master Trainer K9 Tracker, Program Manager for Military Contracts, Former Navy Bomb Disposal Master Technician, and Former Deputy K9 With San Bernardino Sheriff Dept.
Ben Dobrin - Emergency Medical Services Marine Dive Team and EMS Police Search and Rescue, Dean of the D. Henry Watts School of Professional Studies and Professor of Social Work: Virginia Wesleyan University
Dave Mack - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter
Cicily Cook - Volunteer Searcher

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0:00.0	Find him. Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:02.0	A missing tot boy, Dane Paulson, just two years old, vanishes from his own front yard.
0:09.0	I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us.
0:13.0	A two-year-old Oregon boy vanishes from his own front yard.
0:17.0	Authorities intensify the search for Dane Paulson.
0:22.6	And this is what we are learning from Sheriff Adams Shanks.
0:26.6	At the time of Dane's disappearance, he was playing in the front yard of the residence,
0:31.6	out of sight of his parents.
0:33.6	382 acres have been searched thus far, as well as 283 miles covered.
0:39.1	That is Sheriff Adam Shanks from Lincoln County Sheriff's Department speaking.
0:44.1	The search is on and continuing as we go to air right now.
0:49.6	For those of you just joining us, a two-year-old little tot boy goes missing from his own front yard. Now,
0:56.1	this is what we know so far. Parents of Dane Paulson realize he has been out of their sight for
1:00.7	too long. They look around the yard and inside the home and every place he could be hiding,
1:05.4	but not finding him quickly, a call is placed to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, and
1:09.6	deputies are sent to investigate a missing toddler call around 4.25 p.m.
1:14.1	Deputies immediately begin a search of the house, surrounding yard, as well as the banks of the Silitz River.
1:19.3	A search for two-year-old Dane Paulson is hindered by darkness, and the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department quickly organizes a search for the following morning at Sunup.
1:27.5	Joining me, in addition to an all-star panel, is a very special guest.
1:31.3	Cicely Cook is joining us.
1:33.6	When she heard the call, she immediately responded to try and find Top Boy Dane.
1:40.3	Guys, for those of you just joining us, a two-year-old little boy is missing.
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