Body of missing 5-year-old with autism tragically found drowned in a lake

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A missing non-verbal 5-year-old boy’s body was tragically found in a lake in Port St. Lucie late Monday night.

Officials with the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) say officers responded to a home on Northwest Wisk Fern Circle regarding the disappearance of Neymir Luka Valere, who is on the autism spectrum.

Ring doorbell video from a neighbor’s home shows the five-year-old boy running along the sidewalk around 4:40 P.M. However, Neymir’s mother didn’t report him missing to the police until just after 8 P.M…

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