Endangered Missing Advisory activated for 2-year-old boy out of Midwest City

Investigators in Texas confirm a vehicle found in Amarillo is connected to the disappearance of 2-year-old Anthony Stroder from Midwest City.

LATEST UPDATE: Oklahoma 2-year-old remains missing after vehicle possibly used in disappearance found in Texas

Deputies say they were able to locate a vehicle believed to be the car Stroder's mother Katelyn Thornton and her boyfriend Aurelio Cardenas were driving on Feb. 14.

Despite locating the vehicle, the Potter County Sheriff's Office said there is no evidence suggesting Cardenas and Thornton are still in Amarillo.

This is an update to our previous story. Our original coverage can be read below.

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An Endangered Missing Advisory (EMA) has been activated for a 2-year-old boy by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

OHP said the boy, 2-year-old Anthony Stroder, is believed to be with his non-custodial mother Katelyn Thornton and her boyfriend Aurelio Cardenas.

Authorities said Cardenas is a registered sex offender, according to the Texas Public Sex Offender Registry. They say they could be in Oklahoma or the Texas Panhandle.

They are driving a 2011 GMC Acadia with Oklahoma tag PCU102. Thornton is 22 years old, approximately 5-foot-6 and 240 pounds with brown hair and eyes.

Cardenas is 26, 5-foot-6, and 145 pounds with brown hair and eyes. No clothing description was given for either of them.

The child has blond hair and blue eyes. He's approximately 3 feet tall.

if you see them or know where they are, call 911.