Big Lake woman searches for missing child

MAT-SU — A Big Lake couple searching for a child missing for nearly a year have received a boost from a national agency.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has added Dashawn McCormick to its database as a missing person. The now 6-year-old boy from Anchorage has officially been missing since April 1, 2013, according to the center. Step-grandmother Judy Holmes, who lives in Big Lake with boyfriend Michael Gearing, said she hasn’t seen the boy since July 4, 2012. The child’s father and step-mother are both incarcerated, she said.

Although the child lived in Anchorage, there are family ties to the Valley and there’s a chance McCormick could be in the Mat-Su, Holmes said.

McCormick was born Aug. 17, 2007. He’s biracial with blonde hair and brown eyes and has a scar on the center of his forehead.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Dashawn McCormick is encouraged to call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at (800) 843-5678 or the Anchorage Police Department at (907) 786-8500.