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For 5 weeks now, 17 year-old Gerardo Vasquez, a resident of Ontario Village in the Cayo District, has been missing. 

Police say that the search for him has been downscaled to the point where they respond to tips they receive about his whereabouts. But, there is one big unresolved question, which could confirm whether or not he is still alive.

As we told you, shortly after he went missing, the cops made the disturbing discovery of 2 severed legs in two separate locations. The first was found near the Warrie Head Bridge in Teakettle, and the second leg, was found in the Chia Maya area on the Dream Valley Resort road in Camalote. There is a chance that these dismembered limbs may be his, but the police still have to send for DNA tests to be done.

When the press asked about the case today, the cops told us that they are trying to collect DNA samples from his family members to send abroad with samples from the two severed limbs for comparison. Here's how they explained it today:

ACP Joseph Myvette - Head, NCIB
"In reference to the update on missing person Gerardo Vasquez, we are in the process of taking DNA samples from other family members for comparison. That is where we are in our investigation."

Daniel Ortiz
"So, at this time, the severed limbs are still unknown, to whom they belong."

ACP Joseph Myvette
"Yes."

As viewers know, DNA tests results take several months to complete.