Police in Quebec continue grim river search for missing autistic boy
Posted Apr 7, 2011 05:16:51 AM.
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LAVAL, Que. – Police are continuing their grim search for a missing autistic toddler but believe there is virtually no hope of finding him alive.
Laval police Const. Nathalie Lorrain says the search for three-year-old Adam Benhamama is now basically a recovery operation.
Police had previously said the family name is Benhamma, but a family member says that spelling is wrong.
Lorrain says police believe the boy fell into the Mille-Iles River after he disappeared Sunday.
The child has a hearing impairment and can make sounds but is non-verbal.
Lorrain says earlier information that the child was deaf came from the person who alerted the 911 emergency line about the disappearance.
