DAYTON, Ohio ( WDTN ) — One Minnesota mother visited Ohio after two children with autism went missing and ended up in a body of water.
Within the past two weeks, two Ohio children with autism were reported missing and later found in a body of water. While one boy from Madison County was saved by police , a six-year-old boy from West Chester died just days ago .
After seeing body camera video of police in Madison County pulling a 5-year-old boy with autism from a creek, preventing him from drowning, mother of four Sheletta Brundidge knew she needed to make the trip from Minnesota to London, Ohio.
“They call me Minnesota’s Autism Mom. Not because I have three kids on the spectrum, but because I’m an advocate for parents who have kids with special needs,” said Brundidge.
Brundidge got to meet that boy in the video, hug his mom, and give them what could be a live-saving device for children with autism.
“I’m a mom on a mission to help save other children,” said Brundidge.