INDIANAPOLIS -- A 9-year-old boy with autism who was missing overnight was found wandering about a mile from his home early Monday.A passerby called police just after 3 a.m. when he spotted the boy walking without shoes in the middle of 10th Street near Interstate 465 on the city's west side.Police said the boy couldn't verbally tell police and EMS crews who he was, but he was able to type his first name into one of their laptops.
Police failed to treat the disappearance of a “vulnerable” boy urgently and should have started looking for him more quickly, a Police Ombudsman’s report has found.
Nine officers have been disciplined over the search operation for the boy.
Enniskillen teenager, Daniel Mohan, drowned in April 2010 after going missing from his home.
The body of the 16-year-old, who had learning difficulties and showed signs of autism, was found in Lough Erne a week after he disappeared.
Daniel’s mother, Tracey McMulkin, expressed misgivings about the police investigation from the outset.
She and his father, Martin, vowed to “find out the truth” and made a formal complaint to the Police Ombudsman’s Office regarding alleged “police inaction, incivility and the conduct of the senior investigating officer and the family liaison officer”.
The Police Ombudsman launched an extensive investigation, which lasted over a year and a half and addressed a total of 17 complaints by the family.
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JENSEN BEACH, Fla. -- A missing autistic teenager whose belongings were found Thursday night on a boardwalk has been found safe fishing under the Jensen Beach Causeway.St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office deputies searched by land, air and water for Joseph Tabor, a 17-year-old Port St. Lucie High School student who didn't return home Thursday night.Deputies said his shoes, keys and identification were found lying on a boardwalk by the ocean. Authorities feared he had gone in the water.
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Cobb Police are searching for Mableton man, Simon Blyden, who went missing at 11 a.m. today.
Blyden is a 31-year-old black man who lives at the 6600 block of Factory Shoals Road in Mableton. He is about 6’ tall, 115 pounds, and was last seen wearing a red and grey sweatshirt and grey sweatpants.
Blyden suffers from autism, is mentally challenged and is mute.
If you have any information, please call 911.
South Cobb Patch will continue to provide updates as they become available.
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A worried brother has been using Twitter to try to find his missing 17-year-old sister who is autistic.Chris Lewis has been Tweeting, "In about an hour you will see on the news a missing 17 year old autistic girl named Janice lewis that is my little sister," "This is Janice. Around 2:15pm she boarded the Uptown bound d train and hasn't been seen since http://twitpic.com/7pk2dr," and "She's 5'11 about 155 pounds. Last seen in dark blue true religion jeans and dark purple ugg field bootshttp://twitpic.com/7pk2qz."
The girl was found in good condition in a creek bed covered with leaves.No additional details were released.
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A community came together in October to help find a Caroline County boy with autism who was missing in the woods for six days.Now, two separate groups are asking the community to support 9-year-old Robert Wood Jr. and a volunteer who suffered a heart attack during the search.
A benefit dance will be held tonight to raise money to help offset the medical bills for Robert and 50-year-old Rodney Clifton of Henrico County, who suffered a heart attack while volunteering to search for Robert on Oct. 27.
On Sunday, a fundraising dinner is planned in Caroline to raise money for an organization that helps locate missing people.
The dance, sponsored by the Frog Level Volunteer Rescue Squad, will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Dawn Community Center, 16315 Dawn Blvd.
Robert, who celebrated a birthday last week, has returned to a somewhat normal life after his adventure in the woods of a Hanover County park. He is back home with his mother in Ruther Glen and has returned to the Faison School for Autism in Richmond.
Robert wandered off on Oct. 23 while walking along a trail in North Anna Battlefield Park in Doswell with his father, his younger brother, Ryan, and his father's girlfriend. Ryan, 7, also has autism.
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