Posted on 01/22/2016 9:24:34 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear
Distraught searchers announced Thursday they had found the small body of Noah Chamberlin, a Tennessee toddler who wandered off one week ago while walking in the woods with his grandmother.
Chester County Sheriff Blair Weaver was overcome as he delivered the news in a press conference at a local church.
He paused for several moments after announcing "We have found Noah Chamberlin." Struggling with his emotions and breaking into tears, the sheriff added, "He was located about one-and-a-half miles from the home where he went missing ... The family has been notified."
Noah, who loved running and hiding, had taken off while he was in the woods with his grandmother and his older sister.
"Just like grandma said, she turned her head for a minute and he was gone," Weaver said. "There were trails everywhere." Hundreds of volunteers had been scouring the rugged area. Noah's body was found after authorities expanded their search area.
He was found in a clearing, just a half-mile outside of the original grid combed by rescuers. Authorities had not believed the toddler could get that far on his own, despite his penchant for running off.
"Everybody we talked to talked about how he ran all the time, jumped over tables, ran, just nonstop," Mehr said. "He loved to hide. We had people tell us that even adults would run after him, and they couldn't catch him." His family asked for privacy and thanked the community for looking for their boy.
"They just said they wanted to make sure everybody knew how much they appreciated that," Mehr said. "They want Noah's life to be honored in the fact that he brought a community together."
Parents Jacob and Destiny Chamberlin are left with their 4-year-old daughter. The father is a truck driver. Both kids were being watched by their grandmother while their mother went to the store.
The RAIN washed the tracks away; and much of the scent that
the dogs would have had to go on. - Do unto others as you
would HAVE them do unto YOU! - Would YOU like the level of
suspicion that YOU are accusing these people of thrown at
you? NO! You would not. - MOTIVE? WHY? Just because they’re
“hillbilly biker” types does not automatically make them
what YOU are accusing them of. I hate tattoos myself; but
NOT the human beings wearing tattoos. “We shall see.” To
quote you. Accusing the innocent is a serious fist-shake in
the face of God! AND delighting in wrong is also stinking
in the nostrils of a just God!
The parents killed this boy by failing to spank that behavior out of him. Laze fare parenting has consequences. Parents must have a zero tolerance (one warning) stance on behavior that can be life threatening.
You are a nut.
I think I would have given a little bit better accounting of the details, I would not have scrubbed my facebook page from 2015.
I am not looking at this as a friend or a neighbor but as a possible criminal act. We know for a fact that any one is capable of any thing no matter their faith, their standing in the community or even their political beliefs.
It is your attitude that seems to afflict the local LE as well.
At least the local LE could have stated they were looking at all possibilities, and maybe they are at that,just not telling everything they know.
“You are a nut.”
Because I believe in discipline? Or because I believe in parental responsibility?
I was wondering what happened to the little guy. It’s true, it only takes a moment. Especially with a small, fast, quiet one.
They are considered "Acts of God" by insurance companies for a reason.
He is correct. Touching a hot stove or candle is self correctin but running into the street may not allow time for correction. Teaching children about firearms is the same. There is no room for second chances. Running off alone, there may or may not be room for correction. I would err on the side of one is the last time, Yet here we hear his parents talk about Him running off and being hard to keep an eye on, it’s their job to make the call to pull that behavior back. Is it sad and tragic, yes but probably preventable. JMHO
Here in Australia the was a little boy playing in his back yard whilst adults were sat at an outdoor table watching and laughing at him.The young feller (5 or 6yr old)went around the rear corner of the house and hasn't been seen since.That was over 5 yrs ago.They're still looking for him.
I can only try and imagine what the poor parents are going through.
They have a natural desire to explore their world and that we don't lose more of them is more a matter of chance then anything else.
And that is what scares people. That they are not in control any more.
So they say things like, "you need to spank it out of them".
And they think they are saying something smart rather then foolish.
We see so many people saying that we should let little boys be boys but in the next breath they want to spank them for being little boys.
They have no reason to blab about what they’re doing. My
“attitude”, as you call it, is the attitude of a Tennessee
native, the attitude of doing unto others as I would HAVE
them do unto me. - IF anyone has done anything untoward in
this matter; rest assured that they will be brought to
justice sooner or later. Meantime, the family has to get
through a difficult and expensive funeral. - Also, rest
assured that the baby is now better off than we are in our
current realm.
Nancy Grace was covering this story. She said she turned her back on her son, and he was gone. Fortunately she was able to find him.
Nancy Grace was covering this story. She said she turned her back on her son, and he was gone. Fortunately she was able to find him.
One bit of information I picked up from a press conference was that there were also many trails through those woods. Walking trails, some ere big enough for ATVs.
I’m surmising as the noise of men he didn’t know calling his name, it scared it and he went away from help rather than toward it.
I don’t think he’s a nut. I sort of agree with. The bible says foolishness is bound in the heart of a child and the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
If the first time Noah had his butt whipped soundly for running away and not coming when called, he might be alive today.
I broke out into a cold sweat just reading your story.
Two years ago we lost our boy with special needs, at 11 years old, the size of an eight year old, and he didn’t speak to most people, so we were panicking. It was after a fireworks display with hundred of people getting up to leave at once, and we each thought he was with the other. We went through all of what you went through but only for 15-20 minutes that lasted several hours in my mind. I could barely speak myself to describe him to everyone that was helping, and I was sobbing. Getting him back into my arms I literally couldn’t do anything but hold him and cry. (He DID go to a uniformed person like we taught him, and he DID speak, we were so proud) It is such a blessing to all of a sudden be saved from a forever hell.
The ones with the attention span of goldfish.
But sure, you just keep thinking that every one who has a toddler that wanders off is a bad parent.
And then read through this thread again about how many parents here have had the same thing happen and but for the grace of God what happened to Noah could have happened to their child.
And go tell them that they are bad parents who should have "spanked that behavior out of them."
How did the search dogs lose his scent?
Thanks for sharing your story, Yaelle.
We were both spared from an unimaginable future, thanks be to God.
Your son has an amazing Dad.
The bible says that parents who do not discipline their children actually hate them.
In my experience, parents who do not train their children to obey risk this same thing happening. Years ago it was just common sense. People knew that children in general were very foolish and had no idea of the dangers of the world, hence the need for the parent to diligently train the child to obey.
Far better for the child to be spanked for misbehaving than be allowed to continue to misbehave and suffer the consequences.
It’s a sad story. I feel for them. But in general, I’m just of the opinion that undisciplined and untrained children are in far more danger than those who have been taught to obey.
I’m old as the hills now, but that’s one of the first lessons I learned, “answer and come when called.” It was ingrained in me.
My parents often took 3 children camping and we usually camped in one favorite state park next to the lake. We were trained not to wander off or go to near the water without an adult. You got your legs swatted with a switch if you did it. If you did it twice you got the belt on your bottom. If you dared do it three times you got another spanking and spent the day on your cot in the tent.
We were all born in a span of 4 years, the three of us. My parents never lost one. We camped and were in the woods often.
But we were trained from a very young age to obey.
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