This is what I keep thinking about also. If he was 15-16 I would go with the runaway theory, but he was a 10 year old little boy. No matter how much stress he's had, I can't imagine that he wouldn't get homesick/scared after a few days away (if even that). I really think one of two things happened, he met someone online who groomed him and talked him into walking away and now he can't get free (or sadly worse) or something happened while at home.
I am so sad there isn't one link to the sweet guy.
Completely agree. Appreciate some 10 year olds are more advanced than others. Even if he had, which I doubt, some figure in his life who did outdoor stuff with him so he had more familiarity. It's quite a difference for a 10 year old to camp with an adult they feel secure around and can supervise vs on their own with all the weird and wacky things you can hear in forests at night. And it doesn't appear he's taken any kind of equipment or waterproofs to even try to pull it off in the first place.