GUILTY New Zealand - Alex Fisher, 10, Waitarere Forest, 6 Oct 2015

An arrest has been made in connection to the disappearance of Levin boy Alex Fisher as his family thanks those who have helped in the search.

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A man, aged in his 20s, appeared before a judge facing one charge of illegally possessing a knife in a public place on Tuesday night, NZME reported.

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A spacer is a clear plastic container shaped like a football or a tube with a mouthpiece or mask at one end and a hole for an inhaler at the other. Spacers help to get asthma medication into your lungs. The medication is ‘fired’ from the puffer into the spacer device and is then inhaled through the mouthpiece or a face mask.
Note: Spacers can only be used with ‘puffer’ style inhalers

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Missing boy Alex Fisher could still be alive and every effort is being exhausted in the hunt to find him, say police.

Alex, 10, was last seen on Monday evening at Waitarere Beach, just south of Levin, and an arrest has been made in connection with his disappearance.

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(Chief) Stewart would not answer questions about Alex's brother who he was last seen with...She said they were only looking for Alex in the forest, not his brother and they could not discount the possibility that Alex may be in a house somewhere in Waitarere Beach.

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"We again ask anyone in the Waitarere area to look at the picture of Alex and his brother Eric taken at the Waitarere Four Square on Monday around 6.15pm.

"If you think you saw either of them that day or in the evening please contact us."

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Eric Baden McIsaac, 25, appeared before Justice Brendon Brown in the High Court at Palmerston North on charges including burglary, possession of a knife and fourth suppressed charge...

Justice Brown remanded McIsaac in custody until February next year.

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Eric Baden McIsaac has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 14 years for the murder of his half brother 10-year-old Alex Fisher.

But he still hasn't revealed just what happened. The court was told Alex was asleep before McIsaac bashed him to death...

McIsaac could be entitled to sentence discounts for pleading guilty and his mental health difficulties, but he had not actually been diagnosed with a mental illness in this case, Vanderkolk said.

However, he clearly had mental health problems that need addressing.

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