originally published march 25 , 2014 at 11:50 am | page modified march 26 , 2014 at 11:18 am rescuers expanded their search tuesday and found additional bodies in the muck of a massive mudslide in snohomish county . jacob spillers is seen being attended to by rescuers who have flown in on a helicopter just hours after thousands of tons of mud flattened dozens of houses in oso . interactive tool to see the landslide ’s deadly path . footage from 22 march of the mudslide in oso , in the us state of washington , shows a young boy being carried away by a helicopter rescue team . the boy was at home with his father , billy spillers , and three siblings when the mudslide in washington state that has left at least 24 people dead . rescuers believe they have also spotted the bodies of eight victims of the saturday landslide . his mother who was not at the house stunning video emerged wednesday of a 4 - year - old boy plucked from the muck by a helicopter rescue team in the aftermath of the devastating mudslide that pulverized a rural community in washington . jacob spillers was saved saturday after being trapped in the mud that destroyed dozens of homes and killed at least 16 people . on a day with no shortage originally published march 24 , 2014 at 11:36 am | page modified march 24 , 2014 at 11:45 pm photo by ted s. warren the associated press ; graphic by the seattle times officials said they have received 176 reports of people missing as rescuers continue to search the debris from a milewide mudslide in snohomish county .