Found Safe OK - Elijah Muhammad, 8, Oklahoma City, 28 Jul 2018 *arrest*

[zencompass]

Praying this wonderful little boy is found safe and sound. And soon.

 

[zencompass]

Hopefully the authorities will find some clues in Elijah's social media as to where he may have gone.

 

[Stunned]

Elijah's Facebook:
Elijah Muhammad

Why does an 8year old have FB?

 

[Stunned]

An 8 year old on social media! What could go wrong? SMH!!!

 

[TGIRecovered]

According to this article Elijah left a letter saying he's sorry he had to run away:

Missing 8-year-old OKC boy didn't want to go back to foster home, family says

The big question is where did he go if not back to his family?

“Sorry I had to run away. I love my family and I don't want to get taken away from my family again," Elijah reportedly wrote.

I don’t think that the wording of the note reads as if an 8 yr old little boy wrote it. Unless someone dictated it to him word for word. Police should have no problem checking the handwriting.


(Speaking in general only):

My biggest concern with children who have been removed from a parent’s home and placed with another family member is that
there is a significant risk that a parent who isn’t supposed to have unsupervised contact will be allowed by the family member to take the child.

This is just my opinion regarding at risk kids in general, not specifically Elijah!

 

[Aycheff]

I hope this little cutie comes home SOON! This story is just odd...

 

[Darling136]

Boy found, father arrested!

Missing OKC boy found in Ardmore

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Boy found, father arrested!

Missing OKC boy found in Ardmore

So glad to hear that he was found safe! Makes me sad that he probably has years ahead of him "in the system". Hang in there little guy.....

 

[MFH]

His brother is still missing sadly, and has been since June. I hope he is okay.

 

[cvaldez1975]

it breaks my heart that his foster family may have been mean to him. its entirely possible

 

[JerseyGirl]

The boy's father, Elijah Mohammed Sr., was arrested on one count of child stealing.

Police: Missing 8-year-old boy found; man arrested on child stealing complaint

 

[katydid23]

it breaks my heart that his foster family may have been mean to him. its entirely possible

My neighbor, and good friend, was a Foster mother. She was a loving and nurturing soul. But sometimes the kids would be upset by simple things or simple requests. Like having to wash up for dinner, or make their beds in the morning. Some kids saw that as 'mean'---while others saw it as comforting and made them feel safe and secure.

She was not a mean woman, but some children were not used to any kind of requests, any kind of rules at all, so they thought she was mean.

I am not sure if that was the case with this sweet 8 yr old or not. Maybe his foster family was mean. But maybe not.

 

[cvaldez1975]

My neighbor, and good friend, was a Foster mother. She was a loving and nurturing soul. But sometimes the kids would be upset by simple things or simple requests. Like having to wash up for dinner, or make their beds in the morning. Some kids saw that as 'mean'---while others saw it as comforting and made them feel safe and secure.

She was not a mean woman, but some children were not used to any kind of requests, any kind of rules at all, so they thought she was mean.

I am not sure if that was the case with this sweet 8 yr old or not. Maybe his foster family was mean. But maybe not.

oh, I know not all foster families are bad. and foster kids are usually dealing with trauma so it cant be an easy job.

 

[TGIRecovered]

So Elijah didn't run away. I hope the investigation will reveal if grandmother knew about or allowed this to happen.

Did she try to contact her son, Elijah's father, as soon as she woke up to find the boy missing or to ask, since he "ran away" , if he had heard from his young son?

What really happened to the older brother, who disappeared and is still missing?

In my opinion, these boys should have been safe and protected according to the court order. The only way to keep them safe would have been to place them with a legit foster family and their whereabouts unknown to the persons they were being protected from.

 

[zencompass]

I am so thankful that Elijah is safe. Thank you for sharing this good outcome.

 

[katydid23]

I hope the investigators keep the momentum going, and focus on trying to find his older brother now.