Volunteers must bring ID.
Original post:
CCSO is inviting the community to help in the search for 6-year-old Adji Desir of Immokalee.
From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday deputies will be at Immokalee Community Park, 321 N. 1st St., handing out fliers to members of the public to distribute.
Anyone interested in helping out is asked to bring identification with them and they will receive fliers to hand out.
Earlier news releases:
Posted Sunday, Jan. 11, 2008
UPDATE: Dozen of law enforcement officers from agencies around Southwest Florida joined more than 100 CCSO deputies in the search for Adji Desir the six-year-old Immokalee boy that has been missing since Saturday evening.
Deputies on horseback, on ATVs, in helicopters, with K-9, as well as in patrol cars, and on foot were searching the area in and around Farm Workers Village for a second day on Sunday.
Investigators have learned that the boy is developmentally disabled and functions on a two-year-old level.
The boy has a very limited vocabulary. He knows his name, but can not speak it. He understands Creole, but can not speak it. He may be hiding from searchers.
Family members initially told deputies the boy was last seen wearing a blue and yellow t-shirt and blue and yellow shorts. Since then other family members have provided deputies with a different version of a clothing description. The boy may also be wearing a blue shirt with yellow stripes, blue shorts with a pink stripe down the side and black and gray sneakers.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 793-9300.
Original news release posted Saturday, Jan. 10, 2008
Deputies were searching for a 6-year-old boy who was reported missing in Immokalee on Saturday night.
Adji Desir around was last seen leaving his home in Farm Workers Village around 7:15 p.m., deputies said.
Adji was watching television in his bedroom when he told his parents he was going outside to play with friends, deputies said.
His parents watched him leave the house and go outside. When they went to check on him a few minutes later he was nowhere to be found. His parents then notified authorities.
Deputies said the boy is described as 3 feet tall and 45 pounds with short black hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a blue and yellow T-shirt and blue and yellow shorts.
Deputies are searching the area with patrol cars, a helicopter and K-9s. They are also going door-to-door assisted by local firefighters.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 239.793.9300.
