Family of missing 11-year-old boy thanks Calgarians as desperate search continues
The family of a missing 11-year-old boy in Calgary has expressed gratitude to the community as the search enters its second week. Over 400 police officers and numerous volunteers have been involved in the extensive search effort.
Why it matters
The case has mobilized a massive community response and highlights the challenges of searching for missing neurodivergent children.
The family of an 11-year-old Calgary boy named Parker, who went missing from his dayhome on July 16 , is thanking Calgarians for their “compassion, determination and truly heroic efforts” as the search continues for their son.
Describing the experience in a social media post as “an incredibly painful time,” the family also provided an update on search plans.
Calgary police said the boy, who is neurodivergent and non-verbal, was last seen at his dayhome in the 0 to 100 block of Connaught Drive near Northmount Drive Northwest sometime between 11:08 a.m. and 11:41 a.m. on Thursday, July 16.
On Saturday, two days after he went missing, Calgary police received special permission from the province to issue an Amber Alert, even though they said, so far, there’s no evidence he was abducted.
A new map, provided by Calgary police on Tuesday, shows Parker headed northeast toward the community of Highwood.
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