Hopkins police: Missing boy found dead press conference [RAW]

At a press conference on Monday, the Hopkins Police Department said 4-year-old Waeys Mohamed was found dead in Minnehaha Creek a day after he went missing from his apartment.

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[ColdBrewBarbie]

Thank you to everyone, the first responders and the community for trying to locate this young boy!

[suzie]

My thoughts and prayers are with the family of the little boy. Rest in peace little guy

[cardboardcrawlersrc]

Thanks to the reporter who thanked everybody.

[juliegreen]

Prayers and support to the family and loved ones. 😢

[foxybrown]

I am sorry for the loss of your child 🙏🏽🌺

[carmendaniel]

So sad and senseless. RIP Waeys. Sweet little guy. ❤ Condolences to his loved ones. Sending lots of hugs and love from Honolulu. 🌻

[pamelasmith]

Police officer spoke well and compassionately.

[NAFO_MythicPlague]

I am so sorry for the loss of the parents to the family of Waeys Ali Mohamed. My families condolence's to the family of this beautiful boy.

[Gdme]

Ohhhh the ignorant people yelling are so disrespectful. It's a way to say or ask things and that isn't it. Absolutely disgusting. My prayers for the family. It's so crazy I never heard 1 thing about this case anywhere. I had no clue about this little boy being missing.

[gumbus]

The person that keeps bringing up the no fence thing wants to blame this on the lack of fence..Fence or no fence is no excuse for not keeping your eye on your children or their whereabouts. He could have just as easily been hit by traffic in the same tragic manner. This is a very sad event but no reason to put blame on search efforts that could have been done differently, when there is no information that would have proved it could have made a difference.

[kimbermichelle]

Why could people see this baby walking by himself and do nothing! This isn't an award show for the clapping!

[Jazz]

My heart is breaking for the family. Just so sad. If you live in an apartment put a butter knife or lock high up on the top of your door where little ones can’t reach. The lady yelling about a fence needs to shut up. The police did their job. It’s not their fault. My god these people are ridiculous.

[Kendra-Art]

I was out there yesterday helping search and lots of people were looking. They were trying to be careful with making too much noise because autism is hard. I'm going to say, what gets to me are the sliding doors at the entrance of the apartment. The lack of a heavy door made it too easy to leave for a little kid, especially by a busy road. I am wondering if this building has a front desk attendant or not. There was a very small makeshift fence made out of tarp by the creek, and it was lowered right by the bridge. I believe he stepped over that Rest in peace sweet little baby boy 😢🕊️

[cheri]

I think it’s easy for a quick young boy to run out. Even for a minute he can disappear. I don’t blame the parents.

[BiscuitsAndGravyU]

So sad. Toddler parent's nightmare.

[deborahbaker]

Why do some people complain when there is a large number of people and other thing’s to help to search for anyone missing maybe she doesn’t know that children with Autism are attracted to water all kid’s with Autism are attracted to water no one knew that this terrible accident would happen so putting a fence around the water was not anyone’s fault ‼️ maybe it will be talked about to see if it should be done the person who made it seem as if there wasn’t enough done hopefully was searching also everyone did a awesome job of looking for him it’s just sad it had to end that way. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[Yeezus]

What an ugly response from the reporters about the fences.

[ljevans]

News flash : A loving, caring, responsible mommy knows where their 4 year old child is at all times. My mommy did !

[chhansen]

Has anyone explained how this even happened?

[lindah]

My word the questions some ask! Media can be so dense.