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!

Not missing toddlers. A missing three year old is very rare, unless abducted by an estranged parent. Older children and adults go missing quite often due to walking out of their own free will/runaways etc. A three year doesn’t. It’s shameful, that some people with their own agenda are wittering on about why is this in the news when other missing people aren’t.

My deepest sympathy to Noah’s family.
Whoever was looking after him must be absolutely broken. I would be.

Thanks for the apology. Just shows how poor AI is sometimes.

The internet is massive, and when this site has shown viewing figures for threads, as it has done sometimes, they're usually only in double figures. It's certainly not thousands or millions who are viewing them. I don't usually think that people whose cases are in the news are going to be looking at threads on Mumsnet, but perhaps you're right.

I live locally and it’s all anyone has been talking about. Sadly some people online have been blaming it on illegal immigrants if you can believe such a thing.

I couldn’t stop thinking about it last night, but when I checked the local paper it wasn’t headline in the local paper even!

His poor family. I cannot imagine being his parent last night.

Devastating to hear this news this evening. That poor, poor child and his poor family.
Like so many on this thread, I have additional shivers from this because we also have a non-verbal child who - though not hearing-impaired - also won't often respond to calls. He also runs off (elopes) and is very very fast, particularly when motivated by something he's obsessed with. He's profoundly autistic. He's drawn to water. We don't know what was going on inside Noah's head and it's none of our business, but this sort of scenario features very highly in my own nightmares. I've got nothing but massive sympathy for his family, it's unthinkable what they're going through.

Look up the numbers, it's quite shocking, especially the children that go missing from care and asylum centres etc.
@Fairyyqueen
https://www.ecpat.org.uk/news/new-report-highlights-urgent-need-to-protect-trafficked-and-unaccompanied-children-going-missing-from-care-in-the-uk
The truth is that a lot of what goes on in asylum centres aren't recorded.

Rest in peace Noah.

Agree. I feel so bad for the Grandad. He will replay that moment in his mind forever I imagine.

It's gone viral because of Noah's age and the circumstances, this could be any one of thousands of families living up and down the country. So many of us can relate, which is why we're all feeling this families pain. Most of the time when you have a child prone to running, you get them back after a relatively brief panic but this is what we all secretly have nightmares about. Poor Noah 💐

This is awful and could happen to anyone. I remember when my older child was 3, she ran off in a buffet restaurant on holiday. I was panicked, luckily we found her by the exit after about 2 minutes, but for the grace of god we could have lost her.

I think posters putting judgement on the grandfather / parents should look at how horrible they are being. Also, maybe thank the lord they are so bloody perfect.

God I'm so sad about this. His poor mum. I know I wouldn't cope. My best to their family, and to sweet Noah.

many of us will remember Jamie Bulger and relieved this wasnt the case, or doesnt appear to be

I have a non-verbal, highly non-functioning autistic wee boy who has moderate to severe hearing loss. This story has broken me. And broken my heart. We've had a few near misses with him as he just bolts and runs off (even if one of us is holding onto him). We use harnesses now. It's my worst nightmare and it's come true for this family. I'm sending them love and I feel so heartbroken about this. 🌺

If they google his name at some point they will come across it that way.

I’ll say what I like. It’s not going to change the outcome for poor Noah and his family. RIP.

Rest in peace little Angel 💔

So so heartbreaking. I had prayed for a happier outcome.

The saddest outcome. Poor, sweet, sweet Noah ❤️

RIP little dude. Absolutely heartbreaking.

1. Absolutely vile that people are using this thread to criticise assylum seekers or even debate the politics of assylum seekers when there was literally no evidence ever that there was any connection to this demographic. Seriously not the time or place. Shame on you! So racist and distasteful

2. Equally shame on anyone who's ripping on his carers. We only have limited information on how he came to be separated from his carers. None of us can hand on heart say we've never taken our eyes off a young child. There's zero evidence that this gorgeous little boy was the least bit unloved or neglected.

3. I agree that there should definitely be some sort of Amber alert system that pushes a message to nearby phone masts the minute a child is reported missing. None of us would begrudge the occasional false alarm and would surely far rather that than miss the opportunity to save a child. Who knows if it would have helped in this case but it's surely a no brainer

From a mum to a 3 year old little boy myself my heart breaks for this poor family. I can only imagine a small part of their sheer panic and worry, dread and hope to now their devastation. There should be no speculation whatsoever. It is beyond disrespectful to that poor family who will never ever forgive themselves for this tragic accident. I lost my boy for 20 minutes and it was 20 minutes too long. I’ll forever be thankful that he was safe. I will always live with the what ifs and remember my own panic. I hope this family lean on each other and remember their beautiful boy playing in the park unaware of any danger. RIP little angel. You are in so many people’s thoughts. As are your family.

I had a little cry hearing the news.

That poor boy. That poor grandad. Poor family. Poor volunteers. Poor officers who found him.

Lives are forever changed.

Land softly beautiful boy.

Poor wee lad. It's heartbreaking. I feel so sorry for his family, they must be devastated. ❤️ Rest in peace little Noah.

The grandfather shouldn’t blame himself. It’s so easy to lose sight of a little one, there have been numerous stories on this thread including mine.

Rest peacefully Noah 😞❤️