“He made sure that he shared himself and his energy and his love every minute,” said Na’Sean Edward Kirkland’s dad
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- A 13-year-old boy with autism was found dead in a Florida lake on Sunday, March 22
- The day before, he vanished with his brother, though the other boy was later found
- “He was an extremely extraordinary individual,” the child’s father said
The search has ended for a missing 13-year-old boy with autism after his body was discovered in a small Florida lake over the weekend.
“He was an extremely extraordinary individual,” Charles Kirkland told NBC affiliate WESH of his son, Na’Sean Edward Kirkland, whose body was found on the evening of Sunday, March 22, in Lake Eulalia in Maitland, not far from the family home. “He had regular, kid-like shortcomings, but he showed the affection and the depth of his love and occasionally even said, ‘I love you.’ ”
On Sunday, just after 7:00 p.m. local time, a civilian found the teen’s body in the six-acre body of water north of Lake Avenue, the Maitland Police Department said in a statement. When first responders arrived, they recovered the victim from water approximately 8 feet deep. His body was located about 20 feet from the shoreline…