his parents, david and ann collins, had a total of nine children. when kevin disappeared on febuary 10th , 1984 the family was living along sutter street in san francisco's western addition. in the days and weeks after his disappearance, the entire city was swept up in the search for kevin. >> we were really in shock from the first two weeks. it is difficult to believe that the was gone. >> reporter: volunteers scoured city parks and his pictured appeared on posts and billboards across the bay area. kevin's parents were exhausted by the search for their son. within weeks the story was picked up nationally. kevin's picture even appeared on the cover of newsweek magazine and he was one of the first missing children to featured on milk cartons. but the boy's where abouts remained a mystery. kevin's parents eventually set up the kevin collins foundation and searched for their son tirelessly for more than a decade. over the years, tips would >> i think that he is deceased. i think that many of my family feels that way. >> reporter: occasionally come in g

you're afraid to find out what was it. >> that is ann collins october of last year talking about her son, kevin who went missing february 10th1984. for ann, he's frozen in time. >> his brothers and sisters are grown up, he's still 10 years old. >> the search was intense for a time. volunteers spanned out when the case made the cover of news week image skeerngs thousands of leads came in but never panned out. >> it's been 29 years. and other cases are being solved and maybe it's -- maybe it's time kevin will be. solved. >> ann told me what seemed to be a promising lead, someone spotted with kevin at the bus stop. >> two witnesses saw him standing near a man with a black dog. >> ann told me she remembers police tracked down the man with a black dog. he had a house in guerneville but also lived on messonic. >> that was the only witnesses remembering seeing thaim evening on that corner. >> sfpd investigators told me they hadn't worked the case in years. we don't know what led to the break in this case. did an old lead come through? did our reports inspire someone to call police? >> breaki

. >> you can imagine yesterday was a very difficult one for kevin's mother ann collin autos we caught up with her today in her home. she said she has not recovered from news of the search. >> i was numb most of the day. there is a little thing just to find him. it's going to -- i know it's going to devastate me. >> you can hear more of the interview coming up in one hour. >> it's been 24 years since family and friends have seen eileen michelle off. she disappeared from the streets of dublin. she will be honored with a walk and prayer service at 7:00 at wells middle school. the family welcomes the public to join them. >> bay area based chevron is facing a heavy penalty tonight over that explosion and fire last year in its refinery.37: >> the fire burned for hours, forcing residents to shelter in place trying to avoid smoke and fumes pumping into the air. >> in richmond, cal osha has completed it's investigation of the august 6th refinery fire and slamming the company with highest penalties aloud under state law. the 25 citations total a million dollars. pocket change for the oil compan

on the phone today collins' mother ann said police did find something that is being sent to a state lab for testing. kevin collins disappeared on february 10, 1984 after leaving basketball practice a little early that night. his case made national news and was one of the first high profile missing children cases in san francisco. collins' face was all over fliers and milk cartons in those days before amber alerts and the internet. we had a chance to talk to neighbors today. one neighbor told me when her husband went down to ask about why police were out here searching this area the name kevin collins was already on her mind. tonight we are hearing again from his mother. police confirming that their search here today did involve his case. exactly what they found is still unclear. we expect to be gathering details all night as we continue to stay on this story. as soon as we get new information we'll bring it to you. we're live in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> rita williams has been covering this story ever since kevin collins first went missing in 1984. rita just

. >> reporter: ann collins is kevin's mother. ktvu spoke with her and said she's still numb about the disappearance and really doesn't know how to feel. the same can be said for neighbors and parents in the area. >> i can't imagine someone just taking me away or -- i work at a school or taking any of the kids. they are here one day and gone the next. >> reporter: investigators were here yesterday and throughout part of this morning after they received a lead that something may be at the home. preliminary findings only find what is described as animal bones but those bones continue to be examined. a lot has changed since kevin's disappearance. his school, st. agnes closed down three years after he went missing but the family and some neighbors say they still hold out hope he's alive. >> i just hope there's still some family members around that can get some kind of closure out of this. i mean that is all you can hope for at this point. very sad story. >> reporter: again, police say that the person that lives here currently is not c

. >> kevin's mother, ann collins, seen here, now tells cbs 5 the renewed investigation gives her the chills. witnesses at the time kevin disappeared say he was pushed into a car with two teenagers who had mohawk haircuts and the car quickly drove away. the man who lived in the house matched the description of a man talking to kevin. >> two men, two boys, they were together. he had a motorcycle business here and the other owned a restaurant. i associate with those two. >> you know their names? >> kelly and ken. i am saying they were investigated by the police that kevin was taken. they have a dog, a black dog, and they were taken to be questioned and let go. >> the fbi and the sheriff's office are working with san francisco police in this renewed investigation. >> i know you worked that case when it broke. did you ever think now, 30 years later, that the thing ever get solved? >> we thought they get solved soon and none of them ever did. it was terribly frustrating. >> don knapp, thank you very much. >>> oakland's police chief says his officers are doing all they can to stop the recen

on the phone today collins' mother ann said police did find something that is being sent to a state lab testing. kevin collins disappeared on february 10, 1984 after leaving basketball practice a little early that night. his case made national news and was one of the first high profile missing children cases in san francisco. collins' face was all over fliers and milk cartons in those days before amber alerts and the internet. we had a chance to talk to neighbors today. one neighbor told me when her husband went down to ask about why police were out here searching this area the name kevin collins was already on her mind. tonight we are hearing again from his mother. police confirming that their search here today did involve his case. exactly what they found is still unclear. we expect to be gathering details all night as we continue to stay on this story. as soon as we get new information we'll bring it to you. we're live in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> rita williams has been covering this story ever since kevin collins first went missing in 1984. rita just spo

. >> reporter: ann collins, a grandmother, divorced in '72 says she finds comfort in her faith and familylieves that one day she and kevin will again be together. >> hoping that i'll be in heaven, and i think he'll be the first one that greets me. hi mom. >>> new at 10:00, the california highway patrol says its officers will continue patrolling oakland streets for another 30 days. the chp had freed to help oakland police. but that deal was set to expire on friday. whether the chp will be paid going forward is another matter. oakland officials agreed to pay for similar help from the alameda county sheriff's department. so far, the chp says officers have made 87 felony arrests in oakland, and seized 15 weapons in this investigation. >>> an illegal pot growing operation discovered today while responding to a house fire. fire crews said when they entered the house, they found a large amount of marijuana along with a heat lamp. >> the electrical system was bypassed. pg and e is on hand to take care of the utilities. >>> meantime police tell us, the man who was shot in east san jose this aftern

. >> reporter: ann collins, a grandmother, divorced in '72 says she finds comfort in her faith and family. and believes that one day she and kevin will again be together. >> hoping that i'll be in heaven, and i think he'll be the first one that greets me. hi mom. >>> new at 10:00, the california highway patrol says its officers will continue patrolling oakland streets for another 30 days. the chp had freed to help oakland police. but that deal was set to expire on friday. whether the chp will be paid going forward is another matter. oakland officials agreed to pay for similar help from the alameda county sheriff's department. so far, the chp says officers have made 87 felony arrests in oakland, and seized 15 weapons in this investigation. >>> an illegal pot growing operation discovered today while responding to a house fire. fire crews said when they entered the house, they found a large amount of marijuana along with a heat lamp. >> the electrical system was bypassed. pg and e is on hand to take care of the utilities. >>> meantime police tell us, the man who was shot in east san jose thi

coming up we will hear more from an collins and we will be visiting with person in ann collins at 8:00 p.m. >> pam: just hours ago, kron4's maureen kelly tracked down a man who owned the building where the recent search took place. he was renting both units out at that time of the abduction -- but still had access to the lower level, where investigators could be seen coming and going on tuesday. anything unusual i probably would have noticed if there would have been concrete dock up. it just seems like would know something? >> pam: coming up at six. you'll hear what he remembers about his former tenants. the search for answers in the kevin collins kidnapping. spans nearlykron 4 has dug through our archives. tonight, at six we'll show you the intitial search -- and events leading to what's happening now stay with kron-4 as we continue to track the cold case of missing child -- kevin collins. more on the web at kron-4 dot com. as well as our facebook and twitter feeds. >> right now, a candlelight- walk. to mark the anniversary of a long- missing dublin child, is just hours away. 13- year

masonic avenue near page street there and cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is at the scene with what neighbors remember about the time when kevin collins went missing many years ago. ann. >> reporter: anyone who is around the bay area or california remembers the kevin collins case and now it is all centered on the duplex here behind me. they found some bones there. now, the preliminary analysis shows that they were animal bones. but police say that further analysis of the bones is necessary. they're not saying a whole lot else this morning. kevin collins last seen about a block from here on the way home from basketball practice back in '84 on oak street. witnesses say he was pushed into a car with two teenagers wearing mohawks. police aren't saying why they have renewed their search for kevin. but we know cadaver dogs did indicate that there were bones beneath the concrete floor of a garage in this duplex here on masonic and police said a man who lived in the house at the time did match the description of a man seen talking to ken. that person has sense died. we did speak with a neighbor though who knew the two men who lived here in '8

and cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is on the scene with what neighbors remember about the time kevin collins went missing. >> reporter: good morning. there were some bones found in the duplex behind me. they are animal bones but further analysis is necessary. 10-year-old kevin collins was seen a block from here on the way home from school in 1984. witnesses say he was pushed into a car with two teenagers. police aren't saying why they have renewed their search for kevin but we do know cadaver dogs found bones under the concrete floor of the garage in the duplex. police say a man who lived in the house at the time matched the description of a man seen talking to kevin. that person has since died. but we spoke to a neighbor who knew the two men who lived here back in '84. >> i don't know if they did. i don't know. but i'm just saying that they were investigated by the police since kevin was taken. they had the dog, a black dog, and they were taken to be questioned and they were let go. >> reporter: police say the people who live in the duplex now are not suspects. kevin's mother lives in conco

cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is in the haight-ashbury neighborhood with the renewed search now for kevin collins. here on masonic and page things are back to normal. there were bones found in the duplex here behind me but the preliminary assessment is that those were animal bones. further analysis is necessary. 10-year-old kevin collins was last seen a block from here at a bus stop on oak street on the way home from basketball practice at saint agnes school in 1984. witnesses at the time say he was pushed into a car with two teenager with mohawks. police aren't saying why they are renewing the search but cadaver dogs indicated there were bones under the concrete floor of a garage here at the duplex on masonic. >> the concrete was moved and several bones were located. the san francisco medical examiner's office responded to evaluate the bones. at this time, under preliminary investigation it's determined the bones are animal not human remains. >> reporter: police said the man who lived in the house at the time matched the description of a man seen talking to kevin. that person has died. police sa

brought you an exclusive investigation into the kevin collins case three months ago looking at other possible ladies. dan spoke with kevin's mother ann this afternoon and she is shaken obviously very concerned about the developments. there have been many ladies over the past 30 years. all coming up empty. told dan that the so much site at masonic is a block from where kevin was last seen at the bus stop 29 years ago. just across the street from the search site the collins family rented an apartment to serve as the collins foundation. search headquarters and collins told she would look out the window and wonder if kevin was buried at one of those basement nearby. imagine how painful that was. watch dan's report. >> part of me wants to know. whether happened to him. you know. >> part doesn't. >> part doesn't. afraid to find out what it really was. >>reporter: that's ann colonel lips from october of last year talking about her son kevin who went missing on february 10, 1984. for ann he's frozen in time. >> his brother and sisters are all grown up. and he's still 10 years old. >>reporter: search was intense wartime. volunteers fan out ac

collins, and those in the neighbor. >> shaky. i was scared. shaking. i could not sleep think about it, what the situation was. i did get some sleep but i was worried about anne, that is who i am worried about. she is the one, really, that is having a problem right now. >> police were here at home all day yesterday and into the night. it was the cold case unit that decided to take another look at the home. a man who was a "person of interest" in the case used to live here. he has died. the man would lives here now is not considered a suspect in the case and told us this morning that he does not want to comment. kevin's mother told abc7 she has mixed emotions. she is relieved the bones appear not to be kevins but disappointed the family will not have some closure. reporting live in san francisco, for abc7 news. >> happening now in san francisco, all classes of canceled at a building in san francisco state university because of flooding. a water pipe broke on the first floor of the creative arts building. the water flooded the basement where stage props and sound equipment are stored. no word on how much the extent of the damage is at this point. school officia

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collins, and those in the neighbor. >> shaky. i was scared. shaking. i could not sleep think about it, what the situation was. i did get some sleep but i was worried about anne, that is who i am worried about. she is the one, really, that is having a problem right now. >> police were here at home all day yesterday and into the night. it was the cold case unit that decided to take another look at the home. a man who was a "person of interest" in the case used to live here. he has died. the man would lives here now is not considered a suspect in the case and told us this morning that he does not want to comment. kevin's mother told abc7 she has mixed emotions. she is relieved the bones appear not to be kevins but disappointed the family will not have some closure. reporting live in san francisco, for abc7 news. >> happening now in san francisco, all classes of canceled at a building in san francisco state university because of flooding. a water pipe broke on the first floor of the creative arts building. the water flooded the basement where stage props and sound equipment are stored. no word on how much the extent of the damage is at this point. school officia