Florida authorities said that they located the body of a 3-year-old boy with autism who wandered from a resort near Disney World on Thursday, July 18.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the news the child, who was identified as Rakim Akbari.
“It is with heavy hearts that we must share that our deputies have found Rakim Akbari deceased in a body of water at the resort where he was reported missing this morning [on July 18],
” the sheriff’s office wrote. “Our detectives are still looking into how this tragedy occurred.” Caleb Harris’ Family Speaks Out as Police Say Human Remains Found in Well
‘Most Likely’ Belong to the Student “We are grieving his loss, and our prayers are with his family,” they concluded.
A missing child alert released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Thursday morning said Rakim was last seen in the area of the 8800 block of Palm Village Circle in Orlando, Fla.
