A young Fleming County hunter went missing Saturday night and hasn’t been seen since. A full search and rescue effort is now underway there, but there are still no clues in his disappearance.
15-year-old Ricky Dean Hamilton was out hunting deer on Saturday afternoon with his dad. “They got separated and were supposed to meet back in this area,” says Dwayne Price with emergency management. “He thought he did hear a shot but doesn’t know if it was his son who shot or not. They did a little searching themselves they finally got worried and called us.”
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The search continued well into the night. “We talked to the family he didn’t have a whole lot of clothing on him, but some,” says Price.
What Hamilton did have on was camouflage. The search renewed Sunday morning at 7:30. Family members say they feared the worst because Ricky Hamilton knows this area so well. “He’s hunt this ground for quite a few years now,” says Ricky’s uncle, Bobby Hamilton. “For him not to got back something must have happened to him. I don’t see how, because he couldn’t have gotten lost.”
Bobby Hamilton has been a part of expansive search party. He says the biggest challenge is the thick of the brush. Search teams say they will continue into the night Sunday and if they still don’t have any luck they will be back at it Monday morning.
Students and faculty of the Fleming County High School say they are hosting a prayer vigil Sunday night at 7:30 for Ricky Hamilton at the high school football field.
