Found Safe OH - Kyle Russell Ball, 13, Cuyahoga Falls, 9 Feb 2008 - Autistic [Archive]

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hoppyfrog

02-10-2008, 05:44 PM

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=83057

9 Feb 08

13-year-old Kyle Russell Ball left his house on Wadsworth Avenue, around 5 a.m. this morning.

Kyle, who is mildly retarded and autistic, wasn't discovered missing until late this morning by his parents.

Cuyahoga Falls police have searched the area and consider this a missing person case.

Kyle is a 13-year-old white male, five foot 10 inches, short brown hair and brown eyes. He is believed to be wearing a grayish hooded Carhart jacket and white tennis shoes.

He is also believed to be on a purple women's mountain bike.

He has a distinctive walk, walking on the balls of his feet, slightly hunched forward from the waist.

more at link

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http://www.wkyc.com/assetpool/images/0829203812_kyleball300.jpg

olympicprincess

02-10-2008, 11:01 PM

Oh no. We have really bad weather here right now: 3 degrees with a -22 windchill. :(

Taximom

02-10-2008, 11:29 PM

We just got home and it's just like olympicprincess wrote. :( Where could he be???

audrey77

02-10-2008, 11:59 PM

He was found just before 10 PM tonight at a local Quiznos

http://www.newsnet5.com/akroncanton/15262252/detail.html

Taximom

02-11-2008, 12:06 AM

Oh, thank you so much for the info, audrey. :blowkiss: I hope he's ok!!

I swear I'm going to put a gps chip on my youngest before she's in the news like this....

SeriouslySearching

02-11-2008, 12:57 AM

Oh, Thank Goodness!! I am so glad he was found safe!!

SydneyMum

02-11-2008, 01:27 AM

Thank goodness!
That is one of my greatest fears with my son.

audrey77

02-11-2008, 05:06 PM

Oh, thank you so much for the info, audrey. :blowkiss: I hope he's ok!!

I swear I'm going to put a gps chip on my youngest before she's in the news like this....Right? Same with mine! They do it with dogs..... hmmmm..

becklynn

02-13-2008, 12:04 AM

Thank God. This is great news.

XcomSquaddie

02-13-2008, 09:29 AM

I had not heard of this case. I am very, very glad that they found him alive and okay.

I hope that they will consider using one of the S&R locator bands.

The bands are the size of a wrist watch and contain a radio transmitter. It is safe, effective and proven over the last sixty years or so. They're essentially like the transmitters they use to track wildlife.

Search & Rescue teams highly recommend them. There is a 1 mile range on the ground and five mile range from the air. S&R recommends them for Alzheimer's patients, dementia patients, people with autism, basically anyone who might wander off and then have difficulty communicating.

bigbuck

02-13-2008, 09:44 AM

Thank God he was found. As a parent of an autistic child myself, my son wandering off and then hiding and not answering to the searchers is one of my worst fears.

XcomSquaddie

02-13-2008, 09:58 AM

Thank God he was found. As a parent of an autistic child myself, my son wandering off and then hiding and not answering to the searchers is one of my worst fears.

You should contact your local Search & Rescue team and see if they use the tracker/locator systems. Our local teams swear by them, since it makes their job much easier.

Taximom

02-13-2008, 10:16 AM

Thanks for the info, XcomSquaddie, and welcome to WS.

XcomSquaddie

02-13-2008, 10:33 AM

Thanks for the info, XcomSquaddie, and welcome to WS.

No problem. I hope it helps someone.

Thanks for the welcome. (I looked for an intro thread and couldn't find one, so I just started posting.)

Taximom

02-13-2008, 10:34 AM

I don't think we have an intro thread but you can make your own if you want! Most people just start posting in the thread that brought them here.