Oregon Department of Justice officials on Tuesday said they continue to look for the former Clackamas County commissioner who appears to have fled the country before she faced trial on felony theft allegations.

Melissa Fireside , 44, remains at large after disappearing last month with her school-aged son, authorities say.

“There is an active effort to get her back,” said Jenny Hansson, a spokesperson for the agency.

The father of Fireside’s 9-year-old told The Oregonian/OregonLive this week that he fears for the boy’s safety after learning Fireside pulled him out of school and, according to state law enforcement officials, took off.

Cody Bellamy, 44, said Fireside vanished with their child sometime in the past two weeks and he’s “just wondering if I’m ever going to see him again.”

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