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Alex Cabrero Reporting One last organized search was held this morning for a missing West Valley teenager. Eighteen-year old Diego Acevedo has been missing since April. Searchers scoured the area in Wyoming today where police found his car abandoned months ago.
"We're gonna take 15 of those volunteers, and spread them out to the east."
The search party wasn't very big, then again, when you're in so much open land everything seems small.
Gabriella Acevedo, Searching for her Son: "Where is he? Four months, no communication. Where is he?"
Gabriella Acevedo just had to be there because this time, maybe, she'll find her missing son.
Gabriella Acevedo: "I'm praying to God."
It has been a long, lonely five months for Acevedo since her son Diego vanished. He was going to the library from his West Valley home, but never came back. A few days later, his car was found out in the middle of nowhere in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Sara Cook, Family Friend: "Somebody has to know this place, and that boy never left Salt Lake."
Sara Cook was there searching because Gabriella is her friend, and knows there's just no possible reason why Diego's car was found there.
Sara Cook: "We're looking for anything, anything that's out of place."
Even an empty can.
"Beep beep beep. Hey Neal, we found a coke can that's out here."
Vern Jones, Sweetwater County, Wyo. Search & Rescue: "This is something that very seldom people come out here. A few sheepherders and hunters, but ordinary people don't come out here."
Kat Beasley has been out here before, so even though she doesn't know the Acevedo's, she heard about the search and figured she could help.
Kat Beasley, Green River, Wyo. Resident: "We didn't have anything else to do, and we know the area from rock hunting, and we thought it would be the right thing to do."
There is a lot of land out there to cover, and Gabriella knows her son could be anywhere, but she also says whether he's here or someplace else, she'll spend the rest of her life looking for him.
Gabriella Acevedo: "I have to continue looking, looking, looking. I can't stop."
Because you never know where her son may be. Police say this case remains open and still very frustrating.
