The search for a missing five-year-old autistic boy entered its third day Tuesday as responders in southwestern Alberta expanded their target area.

Adam Kennedy with Alberta Search and Rescue said Darius Macdougall may have wandered away from the section crews were initially looking in.

Darius vanished Sunday after he didn’t return from a walk with six family members to their campsite near Island Lake Campground, south of Crowsnest Pass.

RCMP said 82 searchers and divers from B.C. and Alberta spent two nights scouring the area with drones, dogs and ATVs but didn’t find the boy from Lethbridge, Alta.

They said foul play isn’t suspected but were keeping the investigation broad and looking at every possible angle.

Local groups have helped out with supplies, but Kennedy said civilians are

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