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Post by sevenofnine on Jun 9, 2020 11:54:48 GMT -5
They think boy may have got into shed for the night and looking for food inside maybe house so problem he can't communicate only by earphone computer Police, SES crews and volunteers are preparing to search overnight for a missing 14-year-old boy with autism at Mount Disappointment, north of Melbourne. Key points: About 450 people, including local volunteers, are looking for William Callaghan who went missing on Mount Disappointment yesterday Victoria Police Acting Inspector Christine Lalor said if anyone saw Will they should approach him in a "calm manner" She said Will would likely tap his chest to communicate and was wearing blue track pants and a blue hooded windcheater An air and ground search was launched yesterday for William Callaghan, known as Will, after he was separated from his family on the south side of the summit about 2:20pm yesterday. More than 450 people joined the search through the thick, difficult terrain about 10 kilometres north of Whittlesea today. Shortly after 3:30pm, Acting Inspector Christine Lalor said they had not yet found Will and were prepared to search overnight with "every available resource", including thermal scanners. Police said temperatures plunged to around 0 degrees Celsius overnight, with similar temperatures forecast for tonight. www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-09/police-search-for-boy-missing-on-mount-disappointment/12334472
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Post by sevenofnine on Jun 10, 2020 10:48:11 GMT -5
Update time they found the boy
How William Callaghan was found after two nights on Mount Disappointment
A search volunteer has described the moment he found a "really angelic" William Callaghan, ending a nearly three-day search for the 14-year-old on a Victorian mountain.
Spontaneous volunteer Ben Gibbs said he was singing when he came across a barefoot Will just before noon on Wednesday.
Mr Gibbs knew the boy — who had already spent two bitterly cold nights alone in the forest on Mount Disappointment — had autism and was non-verbal.
"I was just peacefully walking through the bush," he said.
www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-10/how-boy-with-autism-william-callaghan-found-mount-disappointment/12341036
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