HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – UPDATE: Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister updated the public and media here: Missing 5-Year-Old Autistic Child Found Deceased In Tampa Retention Pond
ORIGINAL REPORT: The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 5-year-old child who disappeared early Friday morning.
Deputies reported that the boy was last seen at around 5:00 a.m. near Cypress Mulch Circle and Northgreen Avenue in the Northdale area of Tampa. Authorities stated that the child is autistic, non-verbal, and does not respond to his name. Officials believe he wandered away from his home…