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Raleigh, N.C. — Raleigh police say an 11-year-old boy who was the subject of a Silver Alert Tuesday night has been found safe.
Rodney Lewis Clark Jr. was last seen Monday afternoon at a school bus stop on Oberlin Road near his home wearing a blue long-sleeved striped shirt and tan pants.
It wasn't immediately clear why the alert wasn't issued until Tuesday night, but Raleigh police say he got in trouble at school Monday and might have been afraid of getting in trouble.
Developed in 2007, Silver Alert is a system to quickly notify the public about missing endangered adults who suffer from dementia or other cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer's disease.
It also allows caregivers and nursing homes to report a person missing. In the past, only a family member could report an adult missing.
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daisy
Then I guess he was right to fear going home because he knew he was in trouble. -- comment
Yes, right to not want to face consequences at home, but wrong to not go home. The kid is impaired or the would not have qualified for a Silver Alert, so his judgment is lower than his years, but he just wanted to avoid facing up. Hope he learns from this. He is one cute kid in that picture! Would be hard not to spoil him.
Wonder who took a 7 yo in for the night without calling the home or authorities? I bet a classmate hid him out. tom sawyer and huck finn at it again
March 13, 2013 6:17 p.m.
daisy
Then I guess he was right to fear going home because he knew he was in trouble.
March 13, 2013 1:50 p.m.
March 13, 2013 12:02 p.m.
March 13, 2013 11:39 a.m.
If they believed he was a run-away/hiding, it doesn't quite fit that criteria and if he has a cognitive impairment a Silver Alert may have been the only work around to try to find him quickly.
March 13, 2013 11:36 a.m.