Found Deceased NY - Avonte Oquendo, 14, Long Island City, 4 Oct 2013

[HauntsForHope]

HauntsforHope,

MWAAAH!!! Thank you, thank you.

You and your search engine are on fire!!! Lots of disinformation, unfortunately.
I have spent so much time searching everything, looking for commonalities. Your info supports a theory I have which I can not share here. Haved shared it with LE though. Let me know which search engine you are using. Better yet, keep it to yourself. Have never been able to access as much as you have, though!

Awesome. Thanks again.

Don't know why, but this one little guy has my heart in a vice grip. Big time.

Keep the faith.

Beloved child, people are moving heaven and earth trying to find you. Just wanted to put that out there................................................

aww shucks, hehe :blushing:

I am also emotionally vested in finding Avonte. Two of my grandsons are autistic and my son lives near Avontes home in Queens. So this has been very close to home for me.

 

[HauntsForHope]

The Find Avonte Facebook page announced today it was being shut down.

 

[October]

The Find Avonte Facebook page announced today it was being shut down.

I don't understand why they would shut it down. Has he been found? Even if they're stopping searches he is still out there. Shutting down the Facebook page doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Yuwanano]

Unsubscribing.

Appreciated all the links though.

 

[aspiesmom]

I don't understand why they would shut it down. Has he been found? Even if they're stopping searches he is still out there. Shutting down the Facebook page doesn't make sense to me.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bring-Avonte-Home/414437158656906

" Per Danny Oquendo:

PSA

There have been many many questions regarding our last post. There will be a new Avonte Oquendo page and Group which will be created by the Lawyer representing Avonte's Mother. Once the page is created I will try to spread the link as fast as I can. She made this choice so she can more closely monitor the activities of the pages under Avonte's name.

She has also requested all current pages be shut down to avoid any confusion on who runs what and to avoid any misinformation. As of yesterday I have informed all of the Avonte pages I am aware exist of this news. I am no longer affiliated with any of the pages. Once a new page is created I will promptly try to get that link to everyone.

Thank you all on the continued support. We WILL #FindAvonte "

 

[SCHMAE]

Geez, I'm such a loser . I did not realize Avonte was still missing. Too many cases here.
Poor kiddo , show yourself so they can come and get you young man !

 

[HauntsForHope]

There was a 14 year old girl that went missing from her school a few miles south of Avonte's. Also on the riverside, she disappeared a few days after him.

 

[HauntsForHope]

NY - Kinete Lewis, 14, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, 8 October 2013
Police are trying to find another 14-year-old who was last seen just days after Avonte Oquendo disappeared.

Kinete Lewis was last seen leaving her East Flatbush, Brooklyn home on October 8th.

Cops say she was on her way to her high school in Sunset Park.

They say she’s about 5’3” and weighs 140 pounds.

 

[HauntsForHope]

Teen Disappears From Sunset Park High School, Police Say
dnainfo.com — BROOKLYN - A 14-year-old girl went missing from a Brooklyn school last week, police said. Kinete Lewis was last seen in Lillian Rashkis High School at 355 37th St. in Sunset Park on Oct. 8 at about 8:15 a.m., the NYPD said. Lewis is 5-foot-3 and weighs 140 pounds, police said.
Thursday, October 17th

 

[aspiesmom]

Teen Disappears From Sunset Park High School, Police Say
dnainfo.com — BROOKLYN - A 14-year-old girl went missing from a Brooklyn school last week, police said. Kinete Lewis was last seen in Lillian Rashkis High School at 355 37th St. in Sunset Park on Oct. 8 at about 8:15 a.m., the NYPD said. Lewis is 5-foot-3 and weighs 140 pounds, police said.
Thursday, October 17th

Does anyone know why Avonte and Kinete (both minors under NYC DOE culpability) are not listed in NYPD Missing Persons?

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/missing_persons/missing_persons_qn.shtml

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/missing_persons/missing_persons_bk.shtml

 

[aspiesmom]

It was kind of you to have shared that. I hope that it resulted in a good outcome or at the very least, the comfort of closure.

BTW, I am a mom of an ASD child too. You probably sensed it, no doubt. We are a harried bunch for sure, but always show solidarity for our own.

The ASD community has shown overwhelming support for Avonte.

Oh, maybe you could reach out to the family with a referral if local?

Thanks...it was closure ... yes the autism community is very tight

I tweeted it to his brother @kingdetrick , no doubt he had no time to read it with all the thousands of other tweets he gets, so I copied it to others in the hopes that the PI link is helpful ( Holly Robinson, Rev Al Sharpton and a heroic Bronx guy working real hard at #findAvonte Command Center)

 

[mikkismom]

I hope this is okay - it is an editorial - it mentions Avonte.

The Day My Son Went Missing
Wandering Is a Major Concern for Parents of Children With Autism

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/o...s-of-children-with-autism.html?emc=eta1&_r=1&

Prayers for Avonte!

 

[Wondergirl]

The Find Avonte Facebook page announced today it was being shut down.

Has Avonte been found? Why on earth would they give any legs to a rumor he has been found? People will stop looking.

Totally wrong to shut down the group, imo.

 

[HauntsForHope]

Has Avonte been found? Why on earth would they give any legs to a rumor he has been found? People will stop looking.

Totally wrong to shut down the group, imo.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bring...14437158656906

" Per Danny Oquendo:

PSA

There have been many many questions regarding our last post. There will be a new Avonte Oquendo page and Group which will be created by the Lawyer representing Avonte's Mother. Once the page is created I will try to spread the link as fast as I can. She made this choice so she can more closely monitor the activities of the pages under Avonte's name.

She has also requested all current pages be shut down to avoid any confusion on who runs what and to avoid any misinformation. As of yesterday I have informed all of the Avonte pages I am aware exist of this news. I am no longer affiliated with any of the pages. Once a new page is created I will promptly try to get that link to everyone.

Thank you all on the continued support. We WILL #FindAvonte "

 

[HauntsForHope]

"The day Avonte went missing, a Friday, a 12-year-old boy with autism was in a medically induced coma in Oakland, Calif. According to reports, he had wandered from his mother in a parking lot and entered eastbound traffic on I-580, where he was struck by at least one vehicle. By Sunday, another child with autism had gone missing: 5-year-old Devonte Dye wandered from his grandparents’ home in southeast Missouri. Tragically, he was found the next day, drowned, in a slough near the St. Francis River.

Since 2011, 41 American children with autism have died after wandering, or “bolting,” from caregivers. Water is often a fatal draw for these children. Since April of this year, 14 out of 16 deaths were from drowning."

"Department of Justice provides about $1 million a year for first-responder training on Alzheimer’s-related wandering and tracking technology. There is no equivalent funding for autism-specific wandering and no more than a promise, in 2011, from Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, to give the issue “serious consideration.”

If consideration had become action, perhaps Avonte would be home safe right now. There is still a lack of awareness in schools. Simply to provide better teacher training on wandering would help prevent future disappearances."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/o...for-parents-of-children-with-autism.html?_r=0

 

[HauntsForHope]

"The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the following missing person who resides within the confines of the 67th Precinct. The details are as follows: Kinete Lewis was last seen at the Lillian L Rashkis High School, located at 355 East 37th Street, on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 8:15AM. Ms. Lewis is described as a female black 14 years old, 5’3″ and 140 lbs. She resides at 155 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY. - See more at: http://www.breaking911.com/brooklyn...d-asking-for-assistance/#sthash.KUDSeGgE.dpuf

http://video.pix11.com/?ndn.trackin...91044&sitesection=wpix_localnews&vid=25269587

 

[HauntsForHope]

When I first heard that K9s tracked him to Van Dam I thought he may have been trying to walk home along the route his school bus takes, because that location is almost halfway between the school and his home in Rego Park. Just thinking out loud...

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=...i0FSJc8Q&oq=van+dam+st+&t=h&gl=us&mra=ls&z=13

 

[HauntsForHope]

Someone mentioned Borden Ave in an earlier post. Borden intersects with Van Dam as seen in the google map above.

 

[kilahchris]

I truly hate to say it but Avonte Oquendo fell into the east river and drowned. His body has not been found as it would possibly float out to the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[aspiesmom]

new Tweet from Danny Oquendo >

" ‏@KingDetrick 39m
I will be in NYC this weekend again. Anybody that wants to help me search and canvass please DM me. "