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Civilian groups assemble to look for missing four-year-old

May 11, 2018 | 10:49 AM

Two TV tray tables sit in the parking lot of the East End Community Hall with maps and pens on top. 

Taylor Robin Solomon directs small groups to various locations and marks them on a map. It is all an effort to find any signs of missing four-year-old Sweetgrass Kennedy.

“I just woke up this morning and I felt like I had to do something,” Solomon said. “We are not affiliated with the family; we are just here to help.”

Kennedy was reported missing to the police May 10. The boy was last seen in the 900-Block of Second St. E. wearing a light blue ‘Star Wars’ hoodie and orange Halloween pyjama pants. He was described as 3’5″ tall, weighing 45 pounds with brown hair and eyes.

Solomon, a mother herself, said if she was in a similar situation she would want as many people as possible to help with the search. 

“We are just going to try to get volunteers out looking in yards and crawl spaces. He might be scared, he might be cold, he might be lost,” she said.

There was a large showing for the impromptu search group Friday morning, a welcome sight for Solomon. She said the group plans to be at the site for a number of hours and are inviting people to come out and help in any way they can. 

 

tyler.marr@jpbg.ca

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