An 11-year-old autistic boy, who is non-verbal, has been found after going missing from Perth’s western suburbs in wild weather on Saturday afternoon.
Norman Krakouer was shirtless and wearing only a pair of blue shorts when he was last seen about 5:15pm yesterday near a residence on Lantana Avenue in Mount Claremont.
Significant resources had been committed to the search for him, with SES volunteers joining police on foot and horseback, while a powerful storm lashed the city.
Police took part in the search on foot and horseback. (ABC News: Samantha Goerling )
Inspector Mark Tobiassen said Norman had been found safe and well this morning.
“He was making his way back to the house, it would seem, and someone saw him in the street and took him in, wrapped him up, called the police,” he said.
“[The family] asked me to express their thanks … to everybody who had anything to do with searching for Norman overnight.
Police and SES volunteers searched through the night. (ABC News: Samantha Goerling )
“Family will take him up to the hospital just to get checked out, but he was very excited and happy to be back with his family.”
More than 50 members of the community searched for Norman through the night.
