Father of missing boy gives saliva sample
Dawan Ferguson, father of a severely disabled 9-year-old boy missing since Wednesday, provided a saliva sample Monday to St. Louis police but refused to answer questions, officials said.
If authorities find a body, they could use the sample to determine whether it is Christian Ferguson, who lives with his father in Pine Lawn.
By Monday night, there was still no sign of the boy. His family has said he could not live much beyond 24 hours without medication for a rare disorder that inhibits his processing of protein. Christian cannot communicate or take care of himself.
Dawan Ferguson, 30, told police someone drove off in his SUV when he stopped to make a call at a pay phone in St. Louis about 6 a.m. Wednesday. The vehicle was recovered empty in the city of Ferguson about two hours later.
Ferguson talked to police Wednesday morning but eventually requested a lawyer and declined to say more, officers said. Post-Dispatch