PHOTOS: Maddox Ritch

Maddox Ritch

A community prays for six-year-old Maddox Ritch who disappeared from a Gastonia park last Saturday.

A man bows his head to pray for six-year-old Maddox Ritch and the first responders who are searching for him.

A young girl lights candles at a prayer service for six-year-old Maddox Ritch.

Candles light up the room as families sing Amazing Grace at a prayer service for six-year-old Maddox Ritch in downtown Gastonia Wednesday evening.

Members of the SWAT team with Gastonia police search dumpsters looking for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: FBI Charlotte)

The Charlotte Fire Department aids in the search for Maddox Ritch with a sonar boat and dive team.

Gaston County Police check out a manhole in the search for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: Gaston County Police)

A search dog from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children looks inside drainage pipes searching for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: Gastonia Police)

Search crews check every possible hiding spot for six-year-old Maddox Ritch. (Photo: Gastonia Police)

Carrie Ritch, mother of Maddox, pleads with the public to come forward with any information if they were at Rankin Lake Park Saturday in Gastonia.

Ian Ritch, father of missing six-year-old boy, Maddox Ritch, speaks to local media in Gastonia for the first time Wednesday.

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PHOTOS: Maddox Ritch

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