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.
I think if I had little kids today that age, I’d put something on them so they could be located quickly if something like that happened.
I remembered when my kids were that age, you had to keep an eye on them at all times, because it’s true, you look away for a few seconds and they can be gone.
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Damn. Just Damn.
How sure are they that he got to that area on his own?
As the father of a three year old boy, this breaks my heart.
Got lots of nasty comments but hey, she is now in college rather then a missing or dead child statistic.
Kids are fast and if they like to play hide and seek they can turn your hair grey very quickly.
I don’t care what anyone says, this whole situation just doesn’t smell right. It didn’t from the beginning or now at the end.
Pretty sure. There is a couple of better stories out there but I was not able to post from those papers.
Ping to Smokin' Joe
Fits with what we were talking about
They can get away from you quicker than you think
May God give these peace as only He can.
Ok. Thanks, this story is sad enough, I’d hate for it to be even more tragic with a true monster running loose out there.
Amen!
I know this was a small child, but when we were kids, we banned together with siblings and other neighborhood friends our age as a bulwark against dangers in the world.
That doesn’t seem to be the case these days in smaller families.
One thing about this article from Yahoo that sticks out: Deborah Hastings stripped all the elements of faith from it.
If anyone feels like reading a much better article, try http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2016/01/21/body-noah-chamberlin-found/79134468/ by Tyler Whetstone. Tyler was there and on the scene from the beginning.
Not faulting you at all Harmless TB, just noticing what the difference is between a writer who was there and reported on the WHOLE story versus what the MSM gives us.
Tragic! One of our little boys was like this, always running off. If I had ever taken my eyes off of him, he would have been gone. Never felt danger and at 18 years old he died in a car wreck. I told him when he was 16 and got his first speeding ticket that he was going to die young. He laughed at me and in 2 years he was gone.
My other son was always holding my hand and he has grown up to be a fine man and a good husband and father.
So sad. Just takes the wind out of you to hear of such loss.
Yep, when my teenage daughter is out, I’m constantly tracking her location.
Years ago, when my sister-in-law moved from Massachusetts to Florida with her 5 kids (4 boys and a girl) via train, she leashed them all together so they wouldn't get lost in the train station.
I thought it was a brilliant solution, and still do. They were...er...rambunctious.
Thank you for the link.
I agree, much better article.
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