Search resumes for missing 4-year-old boy with autism in Hopkins
Volunteers will gather at the Hopkins Fire Department Monday to search for Waeys Ali Mohamed, who is nonverbal, is easily startled by noise and drawn to water. Volunteers are set to resume the search for missing 4-year-old boy, Waeys Ali Mohamed, who has autism and is nonverbal. The boy, who wandered away from the Chorus Apartments around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, is described as approximately three-and-a-half feet tall and weighing 40 pounds, with short black curly hair. Police are urging volunteers to gather at the Hopkins Fire Department on Monday to search for the boy. The search has been unsuccessful, with law enforcement personnel working all day to locate Waeoys. Police have urged residents in an area near the area of Highways 169 and 100, and Highway 7 and Excelsior Boulevard to check their property.
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Volunteers will gather at the Hopkins Fire Department Monday to search for Waeys Ali Mohamed, who is nonverbal, is easily startled by noise and drawn to water.
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HOPKINS, Minn. — Volunteers will gather in Hopkins Monday to continue the search for a missing 4-year-old boy who has autism and is nonverbal.
Hopkins police say Waeys Ali Mohamed wandered away from the Chorus Apartments on the 1200 block of Lake Street around 7:30 a.m. Sunday wearing only blue pajama pants. Family members say Waeys has autism, cannot speak and is easily startled or scared by loud noises.
Waeys is described as approximately three-and-a-half feet tall and weighing 40 pounds, with short black curly hair. He may be naked and not wearing shoes.
Police Captain Craig Kreiling says Hopkins law enforcement personnel first began searching for Waeys shortly after he was reported missing, and were soon joined by firefighters, search and rescue teams, drone pilots and State Patrol aircraft, and multiple K-9 units from departments across the metro. Searchers worked the area all day Sunday but were unable to locate the boy.
Kreiling said like many children with autism, Waeys is drawn to water, and Minnehaha Creek runs near his family's apartment. Firefighters got in the water Sunday with their safety suits, and various types of watercraft were also utilized in the search.
Volunteers are being encouraged to gather at the Hopkins Fire Department starting at 7 a.m. Monday to resume the search. Police officials are also encouraging residents in an area bounded by Highways 169 and 100, and Highway 7 and Excelsior Boulevard to check their property, as Waeys is said to be easily startled by noise and may hide or hunker down if he is scared.
Anyone who sees a child resembling Waeys Ali Mohamed is urged to call 911 and keep an eye on him until police respond. Capt. Kreiling says he might flee if approached.
"We will be here as long as it takes to bring Waeys home," said Kreiling.
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