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Christopher Marks Search Continues with Fresh Eyes and Dogs

Christopher Marks, the 12-year-old from Affton, is still missing from the Meramec River.

Missing Christopher Marks was last seen swinging from a tire above the Meramec River by a family member with him Sunday night at the Pacific Palisades Conservation Area, confirmed St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch at the scene Tuesday morning.

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Fitch said this effort is still consider a search and rescue endeavor.

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Christopher is a 12-year-old from Affton who will be a seventh grader at Rodgers Middle School.

Police are searching specifically up to one mile downstream of where Christopher, his twin sister, stepfather and friends were Sunday evening.

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"We will not stop until we've search over and over and over again all the options," said Fitch. "The officers won't rest until they've checked it all many times."

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