The boy was found in the middle of a pond behind the Germantown Library.
Gaithersburg, MD – Montgomery County Department of Police – 5th District officers safely located a missing 6-year-old, non-verbal child with autism after the boy was found in the middle of a pond behind the Germantown Library.
At approximately 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6, officers were flagged down in the 19800 block of Century Blvd. by a person who reported that their child had been missing for about 45 minutes. The parent shared that the boy had wandered off before, but didn’t know which direction he may have gone this time.
As more officers arrived to help search the area, a community member told a 5th District officer that they had just seen a child near a pond behind the library. The officer ran to the pond and saw the boy playing in the water. The officer went into the pond and carried the boy to safety. Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel evaluated the child and determined he was not injured…