( CNN ) -- The parents of a Texas toddler are struggling for answers days after their young son mysteriously disappeared from a house full of people . Sabrina Benitez , the 18-month-old 's mother , said she believes the boy was abducted -- insisting it would have been all but impossible for her boy to go outside . Even if he did , Benitez said , the toddler would have been smart enough to try to get back in or would have been spotted by now . But New Braunfels Police Lt. Michael Penshorn said as of Monday , it 's most likely that young Joshua Davis Jr. left the home without anyone noticing or taking him . `` The first scenario that we are looking at is that somehow the child was able to exit the house ... and basically disappear into the night , '' he told HLN 's Nancy Grace on Monday . Benitez , also speaking on HLN , said she was watching `` Toy Story '' with Joshua shortly before 8 p.m. Friday when he left the room , heading toward where six other adults and another child were . About 10 minutes later , when the boy had n't come back to watch the video or pick up a toy , Benitez asked the others about his whereabouts . But Joshua was nowhere to be found , neither inside nor outside the house . Within minutes , family members called police -- who investigated the scene and sent an alert to 2,500 nearby residents . One individual came in and out of the house between when Benitez last saw the toddler and reported him missing , but that person is not considered a suspect . Penshorn said police do n't think anyone at the house took the child . No Amber Alert has been issued for Joshua because such an alert typically requires solid evidence that an abduction took place . `` If for some reason somebody came and took that child , not only would ( the people inside ) have seen the child leave the residence , but they would have seen somebody come inside and take him , '' Penshorn said . Still , Benitez said her toddler could n't have gotten outside himself , noting he was n't tall enough to turn a doorknob . `` The only way that the baby would have gotten out the door is ( if ) the front door ( was ) open , '' she said . `` But we had the doors closed . '' Ice covered the steps outside , leading Benitez to believe that there would be signs of Josh if he did get out . Still , as of Monday , police searches involving people , helicopters and dogs had n't led to any signs of the boy . `` They had scent dogs out here , and ( they ) said there was no scent of him leaving the yard , '' the toddler 's father , Josh Davis Sr. , told CNN affiliate KENS . `` So I do n't see how he could have wandered off , or else they would have picked something up . ''
Family members and the police are searching for year - old Michael Davis Jr. Davis 's mother says the boy went to another room and has n't been seen since . She fears the toddler was abducted , while police believe the boy most likely left unwittingly .