Suspects involved in the disappearance of a 5-year-old Idaho boy will face charges, after a more than four-year search in which the child's remains have yet to be recovered, the Payette County prosecutor's office said.

"We believe we know the individuals involved and are committed to pursuing justice with or without Michael's recovery," the prosecutor's office said Friday in a statement. The prosecutor said that authorities had always hoped to recover the body, but "delays now risk further harm to his loved ones."

Michael Vaughan was last seen on July 27, 2021, outside his family home in the rural southwestern Idaho town of Fruitland, about 50 miles northwest of Boise. He was wearing a light-blue Minecraft shirt, black boxer briefs and sandals, the Idaho Police said.

Five-year-old M

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