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Police 'mystified' by boys' disappearanceMilwaukee officials have 'no significant leads' as reward grows
TIP LINES1-800-843-5678 1-414-935-7401 YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSMILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (CNN) -- Police in Milwaukee were "mystified" by the case of two boys missing since Sunday, despite extensive searches and numerous tips from the public, a police spokeswoman said Thursday. Authorities have "no significant leads," said Anne Schwartz of the Milwaukee Police Department. "It is as though they have vanished into thin air." Quadrevion Henning, 12, and Purvis Parker, 11, were last seen Sunday afternoon heading off to play basketball at a schoolyard not far from the friends' homes. Rewards for information in the case have topped $23,000, Schwartz said at an afternoon news conference. The FBI has been called in to assist police. However, Linda Krieg, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI's Milwaukee division, said there has been "no indication" that the boys were abducted or that a crime has been committed. "This is a very unusual circumstance," Krieg said. "It's very rare that two children would be abducted together. ... It's very difficult to abduct a child, let alone two children." Because there is no evidence of a crime, Schwartz said, the disappearances of Quadrevion and Purvis do not meet the criteria for putting out an Amber alert. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has posted their photos on its Web site. Police have received numerous calls from people reporting sightings of the boys, and are checking out those tips and searching areas where the two might have been seen, Schwartz said. However, so far, none of those sightings have come from people who know them, she said. On Thursday, police searched a park and a forest near where the boys were last seen, and divers were sent into a lagoon, she said. Deputy Police Chief Brian O'Keefe said Wednesday that there are no custody disputes within either boy's family, and the families are not believed to have had anything to do with the disappearances. Both boys are reported to be good students -- Purvis attends an art school -- and not prone to running away. Quadrevion recently was awarded a school certificate for perfect attendance, Schwartz said.. Quentin Henning, Quadrevion's father, described him as "a 'Yes, sir; no sir,' ... real good kid." 
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