Saturday, October 29, 2011

Autistic boy found alive after 6 days

Robert Wood Jr.

(Credit: WUSA)

(CBS/WTVR/AP)�DOSWELL, Va.�- Police say the Hanover County autistic boy who was missing for six days has been found alive.�

Police sources tell The Associated Press that 8-year-old Robert Wood Jr. was found Friday afternoon near the park where he was separated from his family.

Hanover County Sheriff David Hines says the boy was found in a creek bed in a fetal position around 2 p.m. Friday and reunited with his family.�Wood was in good condition but taken to a hospital for treatment.�

Wood, who does not speak due to autism, disappeared while on a family walk in North Anna Battlefield Park on Oct. 23, reports CBS affiliate WTVR.�

Wood was the focus of an intense search involving thousands of volunteers around the park.

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Source: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/nkerFf82QX0/

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