The body of an eight-year-old Nigerian boy, Ryan Akagbusi, has been recovered from a lake in the area, plunging the community of Richmond in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States of America, into mourning.
Ryan vanished from his Richmond home around 4:30 am on August 24, 2024.
Missing posters described Ryan as an autistic and non-verbal minor.
Sadly, a body was found in the lake on August 25, 2024.
The Texas authorities identified the body as that of missing Ryan.
Before Ryan’s body was found, the county Sheriff’s Office’s official Facebook page was flooded with community members offering to help the authorities search for the missing boy following an appeal to residents for any information that might aid in locating the minor.
Ryan’s mother stated that surveillance footage captured him leaving his bedroom at around 4:56 am, with “surveillance video from a neighbour” showing “the boy walking down a nearby street about 30 minutes later.”
“My friends and family are here —the whole neighbourhood. Police are here.
“We’ve had K9. We’ve had helicopters. We’ve had drones go around. We’ve gone door to door. Everybody is here. The whole Lakemont is here,” the mother said.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office had announced on Facebook that Ryan had been “located by Texas EquuSearch this morning. His body was retrieved from the lake near his last known location,” bringing the search to a tragic close.
