3 year old boy (Noah) missing in Brantham, Suffolk

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5yev2v1x29o

Oh God bless him! Every parents worse nightmare!

As a mum of a bolter, I feel this so deeply and am praying for him to be found.

It is amazing how far they can run, they just keep on going. I feel that maybe he has gone a good few miles... possibly even 7 or 8 miles by now and is outside of the original search area.

I think the fact he hasn't been seen is because he has gone into the fields and woods rather than around the houses. He is hemmed in by the A road to the north and the river to the west and south. So assuming he stays out of the river, he's in the woods and fields somewhere within the immediate mile or two, or further away to the east. You'd imagine if he had got to the A road he would have been spotted (hopefully).

He will be hiding as he'll be scared of people or or being told off. Hes probably under a hedge or in a little gap somewhere. But he'll be very hungry by now.

My advice to the volunteers searching would be gently calling out... "We have some chocolate for Noah"... or whatever his favourite food is. Or saying in a happy tone 'Noah has won the game and now he can come and get some chocolate!" I realise I sound bat shit crazy but there are mums of autistic bolters among us that I'm sure will know what I'm talking about.

So not calling out his name directly, but mentioning his name indirectly and putting the focus on food, and making it sound fun.

I think not calling out at all would be a mistake. I'd call out things like "mummy is here to take you home and she has some yummy food for you". He needs to feel like he's not in trouble, it's safe and that there's something in it for him, a reward of some sort.

I hope someone in the search reads this.
Praying for you Noah, and all the family.

I wonder if he’s hiding because he’s scared and overwhelmed. They said on news he wouldn’t hear/respond to shouts. God bless you Noah. Longing to hear news of safe return.

So honestly, you strap your kids up the second they come off the slides?I don’t believe you for a second

Poor little tacker I hope he's found soon, wonder if anyone has him hidden somewhere?. His poor family must be in bits and I really hope they get their prayers answered and he's found.
Not keen on nasty ghouls typing disgusting shite on FB MN and other social media as they're stooping low.

This is so true.

Update on Sky News says that Suffolk Police have CCTV of the little boy at 2:37 yesterday afternoon. They are deploying multiple specialist search teams in an effort to find him

My heart stopped when they said there was an update but, thankfully, it wasn't bad news and, sadly, it wasn't good news . . .

She's a liar. I posted a previous post made by her earlier where she said she's a single mother to a nearly 13 year old. Thankfully since I posted it she seems to have disappeared.

Sending love to his whole family.

Ds ran away from me once aged about 3. He'd never been a runner ever. I let go of his hand to get my bank card out of my pocket to pay for the bus and he just ran. Had never done it before. He was hidden from sight behind other people before my brain even fully registered he was gone. I didn't know whether to run and look left or right, it was awful.

I'm surprised the tracker dogs haven't found him quickly, they know where he started from and must have access to his scent from his home. Hope he wasn't snatched.

Thanks x

Thankyou for posting that. Chilling people about

CCTV footage has now been released by the police of Noah playing in the park.

The volunteer searchers are amazing . . . so many of them were out last night and they've been out all day too

I had the same in a clothes shop once and My child was found in the changing rooms behind the curtain playing with those clips that hold shirts on to cardboard.

Very worrying 10 mins of my life, but my husband ran to the doors immediately, so we felt we reduced the risk of child leaving the shop / abducted .

I’d advise anyone to guard the exit, and leave the staff to search for the child . I have since learnt you are best to shout “ blue t shirt, red trousers “ (what they’re wearing that day ) rather than their name. As strangers Dont know what “Albert “ looks like .

Absolutely heartbreaking. Tears falling and a sickening feeling in the stomach.

There is a lot of coverage on the news now and someone from ? the Parish Council has said they're waiting for the search teams to be regrouped as the police are concentrating the specialist search teams on particular areas and will ask the search teams comprised of volunteers to search the other areas

Sorry if stupid question but why do you think they have released this cctv footage? The image isn’t super clear so wouldn’t help members of the public identify him any more than a photograph of him would?

The added problem in this case though is that Noah is partially deaf so might not hear or understand what people are saying and become even more afraid

Just seen another post that has advised the pond has now been cordoned off as well as the surrounding area near the pond which public aren’t allowed near.

Three ambulances on site

I do hope he tootled off and walked past some sweet elderly lady's house and she took him in and he is sitting there eating custard creams and squash and very shortly realises there is as commotion going on around her.

Perhaps to dampen down the speculation that something more sinister was going on?

The pond (which is actually a lake called decoy pond, I think?) and the factories have been cordoned for a little while now.

I haven’t seen any reputable mention of ambulances though.

And if he did, there would be people complaining that she shouldn’t give him sugar. Or that she shouldn’t have spoken to him.

Sadly I think this is going to have tor same conclusion as anyone going missing near water

I don't know how the police could have been sure yesterday that he wasn't in the pond which is see is pretty large from photos

I’m sure they will have sniffer dogs out. Cmon universe - please find Noah well.

I find this story so very upsetting and I hope he is found safe soon. My DS is 6 and non verbal autistic. When they run, they are rapid and there’s been a few near misses with DS where he’s run into a road, run towards a big lake and once on holiday abroad he ran out of a shop into a busy shopping centre. We have a wrist strap now so he’s always linked up to me. In a playground I follow him around. I took up running years ago specifically to be quick and fit enough to catch him.

This story is honestly my greatest fear. I hope he’s found hiding in someone’s garden shed or something similarly innocuous. Poor little mite will be so hungry and thirsty. The parents must be going though sheer agony. Autism isn’t a superpower, let this story wake anyone who says it is up to that fact. It’s scary.