Police Chief Has Compassionate Response To Mom Who Lost Son With Autism To Drowning

News Channel 12 / YouTube It’s every parent’s nightmare. On November 19, 5-year-old Neymir Luka Valere wandered away from his home in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and ran full speed down the street until he found a lake nearby. When police located him a few hours later, he had drowned. Valere was on the autism spectrum and nonverbal, and like a significant number of kids that age with autism, eloping was a constant safety concern for his caregivers.According to officials with the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) the child’s mother thought that her son was with an older teen sibling upstair