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Rilya Alert!!! ~Adji Desir~
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by CJaye | January 12, 2009 at 05:58 pm
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DOB: Oct 22, 2002
Missing: Jan 10, 2009
Age Now: 6
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 3'0" (91 cm)
Weight: 45 lbs (20 kg)
Missing From:
IMMOKALEE, FL.
Six-year-old Adji Desir was last seen Saturday evening when he went outside to play with friends in Immokalee's Farmworker's Village.
His grandmother went to check on him and couldn't find him.
Children who were outside with Adji when he went missing says they just noticed at one point that he was gone.
Investigators say the boy is developmentally disabled and functions on a two-year-old level.
He has a very limited vocabulary - he knows his name, but cannot speak it. Adji also understands Creole, but cannot speak it.Deputy Lisa Velez, with the Charlotte County Sheriff Department, checks the identification of people driving into Farm Workers Village on Sunday night as Collier County Sheriff and other agencies search for 6-year-old Adji Desir, who was reported missing Saturday night.
Deputies have been searching since Saturday for a 6 year-old boy who was reported missing.
Dozens of law enforcement officers from agencies around Southwest Florida joined over 100 CCSO deputies in the search for Adji Desir.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28604944/
Adji Desir was last seen leaving his home in Farm Workers Village around 7:15 p.m. to play outside. His grandmother went to check on him and he was gone.
Adji stays with his grandmother and at his uncle’s home most of the time, According to Lieutenant Smith with CCSO.
He was at his grandmother’s house Saturday night. Other children also live in the house.
Investigators have learned that the boy is developmentally disabled and functions on a two-year-old level.
The boy has a very limited vocabulary. He knows his name, but can not speak it.
Adji understands Creole, but can not speak it.
Deputies have talked to children who were outside with Adji when he went missing. They say they were playing and suddenly they noticed he was gone.
A Helicopter completed a search of the swampland near Farm Worker's Village.
CCSO said he may be hiding from searchers
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It has been two days since six-year-old Adji Desir went missing and deputies say there is still no sign of him. The Collier County Sheriff's Office suspended Monday's ground search at dusk, but a helicopter with an infrared device was still searching after nightfall.
Desir has been missing since Saturday evening when his relatives reported him missing.
Monday afternoon, Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk issued a plea for all available citizens to help find Desir.
The sheriff asked volunteers to go door to door handing out fliers and is asking all residents to check their property for Desir.
Deputies also were be back at Immokalee Community Park at 321 North First Street giving out fliers on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon. Again, volunteers should bring ID.
Monday morning, 150 deputies from around south Florida joined the search for Desir.
Deputies from Lee, Charlotte, Glades, Hendry and Miami-Dade counties joined the search Monday.
Collier deputies have expanded the search area from four miles to eight miles. On Monday, the search is only being conducted by ground because of visibility issues.
They also followed up on a handful of tips they've received from the public. Deputies are hoping for more tips to come in because one of the lead detectives in the search for the missing boy appeared on CNN Monday night, on Nancy Grace's show between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
This is good media coverage Nancy Grace will show this a lot on her show. She has a very soft spot for children. With her help and the help of other this sweet baby will be found and soon I HOPE.
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at 09:23 on January 13th, 2009
the need to do an amber alert i bet you if he was white it would of been did since saturday the day he went missing
at 10:26 on January 14th, 2009
Your comment is ignorant and uncalled for, all missing children are treated the same by the NCMEC. It is not a black or white thing or a rich or poor thing.
at 11:24 on January 18th, 2009
I agree with CJaye - this is a very ignorant comment. His story has been on the Nancy Grace show continually since he went missing. No one cares the colour of skin, a missing person - a MISSING CHILD is still missing and would be even if they were green.
PS: Your English grammer SUCKS (your quote: it would of been did since saturday)!!!
at 11:16 on January 13th, 2009
I want to know why this is not being covered. This baby needs to be found and the more people that know about the better his chances are. The media needs to jump on the band wagon and help find this baby!!!
at 09:35 on January 14th, 2009
It is being covered your just not looking for it. Boy you guys like to get on the media about getting on the band wagon what are you doing?
at 11:25 on January 18th, 2009
I agree with CJaye, you have not looked. I am in Canada and I have been hearing about this missing child since he went missing - mostly on the Nancy Grace show. Glendene.
at 17:10 on January 13th, 2009
They cannot issue an amber alert unless an abduction is suspected.
I too am sickened that I have not heard of this until today, Tuesday, and he has been missing since Saturday.
The law needs to be changed, so that children with disabilities can have an amber alert issued for them if they go missing. My daughter is 5 and autistic, and it is fear I live with daily. However, our county has provided us with a project lifesaver location device for my daughter. www.projectlifesaver.org
at 09:39 on January 14th, 2009
It doesn't matter what the child's disabilities are Amber alerts a still issued. Where are you people getting your information? The reason it wasn't heard of is because of the family. It wasn't reported for almost 20 hours after the child went missing the mother didn't know until she got home from.
at 12:12 on January 14th, 2009
According to the Nancy Grace show, he was reported missing one hour after the grandmother had last seen him. They looked for him themselves for 30 minutes prior to calling authorities.
I agree with you that an Amber Alert is issued for all missing children. I am on the internet constantly and I did not hear about this until last night during the Nancy Grace show. I think that this needs to be ran at the bottom of TV screens like they do with bad weather and school closings or interupt televisions for breaking news reports first in the state that the child went missing and then again outside of the state maybe an hour later. My only problem with this is that I would wonder if this would bring the crazy people out, like child molesters just to find this child and then it really is a kidnapping.
I have been watching for something to be on my home page when I open internet explorer but I had to actually search for his name before I found anything. This child has been missing since Saturday. I know that the police do not believe he was kidnapped but you never know. It may not have started out that way but could have escalated to it at anytime. I live in Ohio, which is approximately an 18 hour drive from Florida. He could be anywhere by now so I believe that there needs to be more done to get this out there. God bless this little boy.
at 12:46 on January 20th, 2009
According to the Florida Police his mother wasn't notified until she came home from work several hours later. Who really knows, maybe someone was scared they were going to get in trouble for not watching the child. (other children) Maybe they didn't go to the grandmother right away.
at 22:34 on January 19th, 2009
ACCORDING TO NANCY GRACE THE BOY LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER THE MOTHER WAS AT WORK. GET A LIFE AND STOP COMMENTING ON EVERYTHING PEOPLE SAY. IF YOU CAN HELP WITH THE SEARCH THAT WOULD BE A PLUS. I LOVE NANCY GRACE I KNOW YOUR NOT GETTING YOUR INFO FROM HER.
at 12:43 on January 20th, 2009
That's nice Brittney Antwine thank you for your comment sweetie:)
at 09:59 on January 14th, 2009
For any of the not verified users who think there is not enough being done to look for Adji Desir
http://www.naplesnews.com/photos/galleries/2009/jan/11/search-continues-6-year-old-immokalee/
http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=24909&z=
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/
There are 6,840 entries on Adji Desir thats a lot of media
at 17:35 on February 17th, 2009
yeah well it seems there is something with the wholer race issue because i haven't heard anything since about him- but for Caylee they had coverage 4 about 8 months-now this little girl Haylee -i think all children should get a fair chance of coverage but i 4got this is America. Just because people speak the truth and its not pretty doesn't make the messenger ignorant-get mad at the message- By the way just 2b fair i don't watch Nancy every night so maybe i missed the show when he was found & case is closed=did he?????
at 13:02 on February 26th, 2009
America's Most Wanted is covering this case, and it looks like they are going to run this story on their show this Saturday (feb 28). Hopefully somebody out there has information to help bring this poor child home!
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=62497
at 10:41 on March 1st, 2009
I agree, more needs to be put out about Adji. I have been following other missing children cases and seen 1,yes only 1 little clip on Nancy Grace about Adji. I as well hope to God this not being put out more has nothing to do with race,but am beginning to wonder... This baby needs airtime too just the same as all these other kids are getting. look at the coverage Haleigh,Caylee,Amber and others are getting and look at how long Adji has been missing. sorry,calling it how I see it. You can call me names all you want like you did the other posters,will not change the facts.
at 13:26 on March 11th, 2009
Yes, he was on AMW and NG had a bit on him again thanks to dedicated people who follow these cases and contacted both everyday asking why he was not getting mentioned.Asking for him to be mentioned and get his face out there and keep it out there.