The 8 year old boy is identified in court documents as S.R and the little girl as L.G. The grown up in the room is Kenton County Sheriff Deputy, Kevin Sumner and the court documents referenced above is a federal…
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Toxins in the environment have been revealed in a new study to possibly cause autism. A team of researchers from the University of Chicago concluded that exposure to toxins such as pesticides while in the womb can lead to a…
Sen. Charles Schumer says new legislation proposed in the name of Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old New York City boy who disappeared from his school and was found dead three months later, would fund voluntary tracking devices for children who have autism. Schumer…
Evidence gathered along the East River — body parts, clothing and a pair of sneakers — almost certainly brought to a tragic end the desperate three-month search for autistic teen Avonte Oquendo. All that remained to confirm the parents’ worst…
The desperate, three-months-long search for missing autistic teenager Avonte Oquendo appeared Friday to be coming to a tragic close. Skeletal remains clad in clothing that appeared to match the outfit 14-year-old Avonte was wearing when he ran off from his…
New York City police have determined that a photo of a boy riding a subway train is not that of an autistic boy missing for nearly a month. A 13-year-old snapped the picture Tuesday and later posted it on his…
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly paid a visit Saturday to the father of Avonte Oquendo and expressed regret for saying he feared the missing 14-year-old autistic boy was dead. “He was very nice to me,’’ Daniel Oquendo told The Post. “He…
“Come to the flashing lights Avonte.” ~ Vanessa Fontaine, Avonte’s mother Fourteen year old Avonte Oquendo, a severely autistic teen from New York City, has been missing for two weeks. He doesn’t speak and has trouble performing many basic tasks…