“Jonathan Camacho’s family reluctantly went home to Draper, Utah, Sunday without finding the answer to what happened to the 12-year-old boy.Well over a hundred searchers from more than 40 organizations searched the trails, brush, cliff faces and swirling waters near Deception Pass bridge after the Boy Scout disappeared Wednesday afternoon.Based on several clues, Island County Chief Criminal Deputy Evan Tingstad said investigators are assuming that Camacho walked off a hiking trail about 200 feet west of the bridge on the Whidbey side, somehow lost his balance on a rocky bluff, fell into the water and was swept away by the strong currents.Camacho was last seen while hiking with his mother, twin brother and a cousin in the area. His family told him to follow them down to the beach below, but when they got there they realized the boy wasn’t with them.Park Manager Bill Overby said the search effort was immediate and involved an amazing number of volunteers. But after 48 hours, the main ground search was called off.It was quite a massive search operation, Tingstad said. It’s safe to say that if he was in the area, he would have been found.Tingstad said tracking dogs led investigators to a bluff that they believe Camacho fell off of. There was a prominent scuff mark at the top, which is about 100 feet above the water. In addition, searchers found a toy they believed belonged to Camacho in the area.Over the next week, Overby said park staff will continue to walk the beaches in search of any traces of the boy. Parks officials and several private boat owners will also continue checking the area from the water.Also, an elite search and rescue organization that specializes in marine recovery may come to Deception Pass to look for the boy. Overby said the Colorado-based Trident Foundation recently offered to help and he accepted, but a date for the operation has not been set.Recovering the boy’s body may be difficult. Tingstad said a number of bodies have been lost forever in the swift, swirling water of the pass. He said there have been more than a few people who jumped from the bridge, never to be seen again. The reason things disappear there, he said, is simply because of the force of the water in the area. While normal tidal currents average about 1.5 knots, currents in the pass are routinely 5 to 6 knots.There’s a tremendous amount of water that moves through two small canals in a short time, he said.For the Camacho family in Utah, the dangerous waters have changed their lives forever. Tingstad said the family is obviously very close and very well grounded and has a strong support group to help them through the tragedy. Jonathan, his twin brother Jason, and their mother, Patrea, came to Whidbey Island to visit relatives in Oak Harbor. The boy’s father, Byron, is a highway patrol officer in Utah. They also have two older brothers, Jared and Christopher.If anything can be learned from the presumed tragedy, Overby said it should be a reminder to both new visitors and regulars at Deception Pass that the park is a hazardous area and people should take care.Visitors need to stay together and they need to stay on the main trails, he said.”