By AP
MORENCI, MI – MORENCI, MI (AP) - A city official in the southern Michigan community of Morenci says a search is back under way for three boys who were last seen the day before their father tried to commit suicide.
Diane Varga said Monday morning volunteers, police and others were gathering in the city 75 miles southwest of Detroit to continue looking for 5-year-old Tanner, 7-year-old Alexander and 9-year-old Andrew Skelton.
A prayer vigil was held for the boys Sunday night after the conclusion of that day's search of fields, farmland and wooded areas along the Ohio-Michigan border.
Police Chief Larry Weeks says the boys' father, 39-year-old John Skelton, was being treated at a hospital in Ohio for "mental health issues" after he tried to hang himself Friday.