Found Deceased ID - Matthew, 5, Non-Verbal, walked away from home 5:45pm, near State St & Alamosa, Boise, 5 Aug 2024

[tlcya]

dive team has been checking the canals, did so last night.

dive team is now on the river searching.

 

[sassyblue]

I am so very frightened for this lil guy. Between the neighborhood not being the best and all the water sources around it...

MOO as a local familiar with that area.

 

[Janeway51]

I am 2.7 miles from where Matthew went missing. There is a canal on either side north and south of where he was last seen and the Boise River. I have received 2 red alert calls so far. Waiting for any info on when they want community to search. My mind as a mom and Nana is spinning with all the different scenarios.

 

[tlcya]

DMB oops

 

[sassyblue]

My grown daughter is a real estate photographer and she had to shoot that apartment building right on the corner and got attacked by a man. She saw him coming and took her camera off the tripod and slammed the tripod into him and ran.

So when I heard Alamosa Street...my blood ran cold.

 

[tlcya]

My grown daughter is a real estate photographer and she had to shoot that apartment building right on the corner and got attacked by a man. She saw him coming and took her camera off the tripod and slammed the tripod into him and ran.

So when I heard Alamosa Street...my blood ran cold.

yeah, I hesitated to mention it but the area appears depressed and not exactly the safest for a small child unaccompanied. particularly a non verbal one

Where are you little man?

 

[tlcya]

I was interrupted while watching the briefing and so was not able to catch if they told us if the home he wandered from was Matthew's home or another relative's home where the Birthday party was taking place?

It would really help to at least know if he is familiar with the area (would have been taken to local parks, playgrounds, or greenspaces) or if he was not as familiar with this area.

 

[Chimera]

I was interrupted while watching the briefing and so was not able to catch if they told us if the home he wandered from was Matthew's home or another relative's home where the Birthday party was taking place?

It would really help to at least know if he is familiar with the area (would have been taken to local parks, playgrounds, or greenspaces) or if he was not as familiar with this area.

Good points.
Hope he is found soon.
Scary that so much time has elapsed.
Omo.

 

[sassyblue]

Another news conference scheduled for 1 PM Mtn Time

 

[ReadySet]

I am on vacation out of state right now but of course following this case. In the morning presser they said they didn't think he was in the waterways? That was my first thought was the water.

 

[sassyblue]

Found deceased but awaiting confirmation. In a canal of course.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1820899172159254685

 

[tlcya]

dammit

 

[tlcya]

police do not suspect foul play, tragic accident. RIP little man

 

[ReadySet]

Oh no. Heartbroken

 

[Tealgrove]

Water again. I don’t know how we mitigate this. How do we stop this from happening?

 

[Cinister09]

Oh god my heart hurts for his mum.
Her poor heart must be shattered.
Poor little angel.

 

[Janeway51]

They have just found his body in the canal by his house

 

[Janeway51]

Water again. I don’t know how we mitigate this. How do we stop this from happening?

6 ft fences on our canals, unfortunately nobody wants to take responsibility for the canals around here.

 

[RememberingRyan]

Water again. I don’t know how we mitigate this. How do we stop this from happening?

Short of 100% eyes-on supervision and/or confinement, I don’t know that we can. We cannot put fences around every body of water. My parents used an arm leash with me until I was 8. I used a proximity alarm with my child until around age 6 (went off if they walked more than 200 feet away from a caregiver) and still use a GPS tracker now. Unfortunately not everyone can afford devices like that and not everyone knows how to get them covered by insurance or disability. Even if we could distribute them to every single family in need, older kids and adults sometimes find ways to remove them if they don’t understand why it’s so critical to keep them on.