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Organizers raised about $1,000 at a fundraiser for Hasanni Campbell, the missing Fremont 6-year-old who hasn't been seen in almost three months.
Sherri Miller organized a dinner, silent auction and entertainment Sunday at the Garre Vineyard & Winery in Livermore. The winery donated the space.
The money will be used for future searches and possibly to hire a private investigator, she said.
"It was a good turn out," she said, adding that there were about 120 people at the event.
The boy was reported missing Aug. 10 from the rear driveway of Shuz of Rockridge, where his foster father, Louis Ross, 38, has said he left the boy alone while he went to the front of the store to alert Jennifer Campbell, the boy's 30-year-old foster mother and aunt, that he had arrived to drop off Hasanni and the boy's 1-year-old sister. The girl has been placed in protective custody and will not be returned to the couple.
Neither Ross nor Campbell, who is due to give birth to her first child at the end of this month, attended the fundraiser, and they have not been involved in the searches or vigils in recent weeks. The boy's grandmother and an aunt were at the event Sunday, Miller said.
The couple were arrested on suspicion of murder in late August, but they were released from custody a few days later when the Alameda County District Attorney's Office declined to file charges against them.
Police have not discussed new leads in the case.
Supporters continue to hold monthly vigils for the boy. The next one is 6 p.m. Nov. 10 at the College Avenue Presbyterian Church, 5951 College Ave. in Oakland. For more information, call Miller at 510-276-9090 or e-mail findhasanni@gmail.com.
