Autistic boy who can't speak or hear lost in Laval

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Autistic boy who can't speak or hear lost in Laval

CBC – 1 hour 11 minutes ago

Police are racing to find a three-year old boy with autism who vanished Sunday

near woods in Laval, Que., but the search is being complicated in part because

he can't hear or speak.

Adam Benhamma was with his family visiting friends on Pointe aux Ormes Street in

Laval's Auteuil neighbourhood.

" He was playing outside with other children, and at a certain point he just

disappeared, " Const. Nathalie Lorrain with Laval police said Monday. " The

children who were with him started looking for him and they couldn't find him. "

The home is in a remote area of Laval, between a wooded area and the Mille-Îles

River.

Police said the search for the boy was complicated by the terrain, as well as

the boy's condition.

" It's almost impossible to communicate with him, and also if something happened

he couldn't scream or anything like that, " said Lorrain.

Police looked for the boy Sunday afternoon using sniffer dogs and the Quebec

provincial police helicopter.

The search was called off at night, although Lorrain said four officers

continued to comb local streets overnight.

Divers with Quebec provincial police were to join the search Monday morning.

Adam is two feet tall and weighs 25 pounds.

He was wearing a black and purple tuque and a black jacket and jeans when he

disappeared.