QUITMAN, Mo. – At least two investigators from the Missouri Highway Patrol, joined by Nodaway County Sheriff’s deputies, searched a rural area near Quitman Sunday for possible clues to the disappearance of Branson Perry.

The northwest Missouri teenager vanished in 2001. He left his home on foot and indicated he was taking a pair of jumper cables to a shed that sat on a lot adjacent to the residence. It is unknown if he ever arrived.

The Highway Patrol in St. Joseph isn’t commenting on what led to Sunday’s search or whether new evidence may have surfaced in the long unsolved case.

Witnesses tell NBC Action News that a canine search team was also involved in the search of an area off Road 240 in Nodaway County.