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The Knox County community of Colony is in mourning after the body of missing 6-year-old Christian Baucom was found dead in a pond Wednesday afternoon.
Baucom's body was found in a pond 200 yards from where he was last seen and just 7 months after his twin brother also drowned in a different pond.
Christian and his twin brother, Jason, were both foster children taken care of by a Mennonite family near Colony, Missouri. He was described by one of his caregivers as a playful child who had autism
If these kids were not autistic... I might have a stronger opinion...
But I know some of the best and most careful parents who have lost their autistic kids to drowning.
Sleeping in the same room, in front of the door, with windows locks and alarms and alarms on all outside doors.
Not showering if home alone, or locking the child in the bathroom with them.
All things that I have to do... and they've done it but that determined child still managed to get out...
Once they get OUT you have to find them fast enough to prevent drowning.
If you have a neighbor with a pool, a neighbor with a pond and a creek behind your house... where do you go first? :waitasec:
What *I* don't understand is WHY they didn't look in the water first?!
They searched other areas and didn't find him so THEN they looked in the water?
You check the water first especially with a child with autism, especially if the child's twin just drowned 6 months earlier.