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IDAHO FALLS -- It's been eight months since rescue crews first began searching for missing 2-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr.
A lot has happened in the past eight months.
His disappearance has made national headlines including making the Nancy Grace Show, and even featured in People Magazine.
For the first since his parents were named suspects, Jessica Mitchell and Vernal Kunz are answering the questions about their son’s disappearance.
Both Jessica and Vernal say the majority of the public believes they are guilty of doing something to their son. They've received threat after threat. But despite that they felt it was time to share their story with the public.
"It's hard to even leave my house to go to get gas, or you know to go to the grocery store or something," said Jessica.
"You get up in the morning hopeful, you go to bed, just no more answers," said Vernal.
Tears stream down the faces of a mother and father accused of lying about their son's disappearance.
Jessica Mitchell and Vernal Kunz say July 10, 2015, is the last day they saw their son.
"It's so much easier just to blame parents," said Vernal.
Lemhi County Sheriff Lynn Bowerman named the parents suspects in January. Bowerman believes the two know more about what happened to DeOrr.
"People have pretty much laid my son to rest already," said Vernal.
Jessica and Vernal say not a day goes by without a threat.
"That they know we're going to go to hell for what we did to our son. How could we do that? Just things like that," said Jessica.
"If you're so damn positive we'd like to talk to you and so does the FBI and law enforcement if you're so positive," said Vernal.
“Phillip Klein claims that you confessed that you know where baby DeOrr's body is, and you won't go any further than that. Is that true?" asked KIFI reporter Chelsea Brentzel.
"Absolutely not. No," replied Jessica.
"So I have to ask you, did you murder your son?" said Brentzel.
"Absolutely not," replied Vernal.
"Was there an accident?” asked Brentzel.
"No," replied Vernal.
"So you're saying you have nothing to do with his disappearance," asked Brentzel.
"No, he was left with a trusted adult and when I got back my son was gone," replied Vernal.
"Does it worry you that with these things that have come out that people will stop looking for him?" asked Brentzel.
"I feel like that's been the case for months," said Jessica. "I feel like they've already made up their minds that he is deceased or whatever they think, and people go 'oh okay, well whatever' and they were able to walk past him, yeah and they could've walked past him, someone could have easily walked past him in a store."
"Thanks to the politics of this you've already made up your mind, you've put it behind you, it's closed in your mind. He's not home, we have no more answers than we did July 10th," said Vernal.
The parents say the search is not over.
"If somebody has him I want them to know that we're not going to give up and we'll find him, and it doesn't matter what you do to his appearance, we'll find him," said Jessica.
"Til the day I die, til the day we die, I will find him," said Vernal. "I refuse to leave this earth without knowing where he is or what happened at least. At least knowing that he's okay."
As of right now, no arrests or charges have been filed.
The parents are begging the public to keep their eyes open because they believe DeOrr is out there and hope he returns home safe soon.
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