Calgary realtors are helping with local police to help locate an 11-year-old autistic boy who has been missing for eight days.
Global News reports the realtors are working with investigators to ensure that all of their empty properties are being searched on a regular basis. Justine Poirier, a real estate agent with The Real Estate District, said the police have been in regular touch with realtors to determine that the child is not inside an unoccupied property.
“They’ve been asking questions, searching the property themselves, the owners of our vacant property that’s listed for sale, they’ve been coming daily to check, just to see inside, outside,” said Poirier. “I was here yesterday doing my part to see. I’ve looked at every cabinet, opened up everything, the shed, the garage, just to — you never know, could he have popped in if someone went to look at the garage during a showing.”
The child, who is only identified as Parker, is neurodivergent and has non-verbal autism. He has a history of entering accessible buildings and locking doors behind him. He was last seen on July 16 at around 12:52 pm in the 5000 to 6000 block of Travis Crescent.
Poirier, who said that police took some footage from doorbell cameras in that vicinity as part of their investigation, added that her colleagues have made proactive efforts to help find the child.
“So, in the real estate industry, us realtors, we’ve all grouped together,” she continued. “Someone started a spreadsheet of all the vacant properties or listings in and around Thorncliffe and every realtor has been trying to be like, ‘OK, I’ll go check this one, you go check that one.’”
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