A 7-year-old autistic boy who went missing on May 24 was found dead in a pond near his home several hours later, according to police.
After various state agencies searched for the boy, he was found by members of the Louisville Metro Police Dive Team at around 3:40 a.m. on May 25. The child was pronounced dead by Henry County Coroner.
“It is a sad and terrible outcome to lose this young man,” Dykes told the news station in a statement. “We are truly thankful and appreciative to all of the different agencies that assisted the Kentucky State Police in searching for him.”
Police say an autopsy of the boy will occur in due course. They have not released further details about how the boy became missing.
Missing Children Cases
In another missing person case, a 3-year-old boy wandered off from his parents for at least three hours and found outside a 7-Eleven in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, reported ABC News.The boy’s parents were subsequently charged with child endangerment and recklessly endangering the welfare of a child and appeared in court for their arraignment on May 8.
Police said at the time the boy disappeared his mother was asleep, while his father was cooking. It is unclear how the boy got away.
The boy and his four other children from the house are currently placed in their grandmother’s custody.
Neighbor John Allen told ABC News that it was hard to believe this could happen to the family as the parents seem to be decent people.
“I don’t know how he even got out of the house,” Allen told the news station.
“I understand she might be sleeping cause she works night work, so that’s the part that’s mind-boggling.”
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