The discovery in Gainesville followed an Amber Alert for Andres “Harry” Furley and a search for his father, Caleb Furley.
GAINESVILLE, Texas — A missing Oklahoma father and his 4-year-old son were found dead Wednesday in Gainesville after authorities followed an Amber Alert and surveillance footage that appeared to place the pair at a North Texas business, police said.
Caleb Furley, 25, and his son, Andres “Harry” Furley, had been missing from Norman, Oklahoma, since Sunday evening. Oklahoma authorities first issued an Endangered Missing Advisory before escalating the case to an Amber Alert for Andres. Gainesville police later found a deceased man and child while searching an area connected to a reported sighting of the pair. Authorities said the investigation remained active, and a medical examiner was working on formal identification and other findings.
The case began after Norman police were contacted Oct. 12 about a missing father and son. Investigators determined Andres had last been seen with Caleb at about 7 p.m. Oct. 11 in Norman. An Endangered Missing Advisory issued by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol on behalf of Norman police said an extensive search had failed to find them and that authorities were concerned about their welfare.
Oklahoma authorities later issued an Amber Alert for Andres. The state alert said Caleb had failed to appear for an exchange of the child with his mother and that a warrant had been issued for him on an allegation of parental kidnapping. The warrant represented an accusation and had not resulted in a court finding before the deaths were reported.
The search shifted to Gainesville, about 70 miles south of Norman, after a relative contacted Gainesville police early Wednesday. According to police accounts reported by local news organizations, the relative said the father and child had been seen Monday afternoon at a business in the 1500 block of North Grand Avenue.
Gainesville police said officers had previously received a call from the same location about a suspicious situation involving an adult man and a child. Officers responded but were unable to locate the two at that time. After investigators learned about the Oklahoma missing-person case, they returned to the business Wednesday and reviewed surveillance footage.
Police said the video appeared to show the missing father and son at the business Monday afternoon. The footage showed the pair walking away from the area, according to authorities. Officers then began searching nearby locations as well as looking for the vehicle authorities believed the pair had been using.
During that search, an investigator located the bodies of a man and a small child, Gainesville police said. Norman police subsequently said Caleb and Andres had been found in Gainesville. Reports Wednesday said the medical examiner was still working to formally identify the bodies, leaving the forensic identification process separate from the police confirmation that the search for the father and son had ended.
The Oklahoma Amber Alert had listed a silver 2012 Dodge Ram quad-cab pickup with an Oklahoma license plate as the vehicle associated with the case. State records described Andres as 4 years old, with brown hair and brown eyes. Caleb was described as having brown hair and blue eyes. Those details had been released while authorities were still asking the public for help locating them.
The Texas Department of Public Safety Rangers were called to assist Gainesville police with the death investigation. Authorities had not publicly announced a cause or manner of death Wednesday, and police had not disclosed what investigators believed happened after the father and child were seen leaving the Gainesville business.
Officials also had not publicly said whether they believed another person was involved or released detailed findings from the scene. Those questions remained unresolved as Texas investigators and the medical examiner continued their work. The discovery brought the interstate missing-person search to an end while beginning a separate investigation into how the father and child died.
Author note: Last updated October 14, 2026.