Adji Desir
Endangered Missing -- Missing Since: January 10, 2009
Missing From: Immokalee, Florida
Height: 3'0" -- Weight: 45 lbs -- Hair Color: Black -- Eye Color: Brown
Adji's nickname is JiJi. He was last seen wearing a blue and yellow t-shirt, blue and yellow shorts, and black and gray sneakers. Adji is developmentally disabled. He understands Creole, but cannot speak it. He is only able to speak about five words in English.
The Collier County, Fla., Sheriff's Office and more than 100 officers from nearby agencies have desperately searched for Adji Desir, a 6-year-old boy who has been missing since January 2009.
Police say Adji, whose nickname is "Ji Ji" (pronounced "Gee Gee"), was at his grandmother’s home for the day while his mother was working. The boy's grandmother lives in Farm Workers Village in Immokalee, Fla. Adji was last seen around 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Investigator Maria Butrico with the Collier County Sheriff's Office told AMW that Adji went outside to play with some friends and at some point, he disappeared. Search crews canvassed the area, and a billboard with Adji's photo and description is scheduled to go up on the corner of Main and First Streets in downtown Immokalee.
Police are hoping that Adji just wandered off and is lost, but they have to look into the possibility that the child was abducted. Police have not found any evidence to indicate that there was any foul play.
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