Grandmother of Robert Wood Jr. said boy should never have been at park

Catie Beck and Alix Bryan

12:19 a.m. EDT, October 31, 2011

It’s a story most have heard by now, a story that hundreds of thousands anxiously followed.

A story that, by day six, had brought out 6,000 volunteers—some from as far as Alaska—because a little boy with autism remained lost in the woods. On Sunday, Oct. 23, on a hike in the 80-acre North Anna Battlefield Park, the young boy darted away from his father and his girlfriend.

Somehow, the nine-year-old Robert Wood Jr. eluded search teams, for six day. The teams covered over 22-square-miles of territory. His rescue came right before a storm hit the area, bringing freezing temperatures and sleet.

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