http://wral.com/news/local/story/2913240/

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"Smithfield, N.C. — Police say the 3-year-old reported missing from a Smithfield flea market on Sunday was never missing and that the report was a hoax. Smithfield Police Chief Steve Gillikin said the child was not even in Smithfield over the weekend, but declined to comment further on details. He said the investigation was still ongoing. State authorities issued an Amber Alert Sunday for Siraj Munir "Roji" Davenport after his mother reported him missing from Brightleaf Flea Market. The Amber Alert was canceled at 12:27 a.m. Tuesday after the boy was found. Gillikin said the child was not with his mother but was safe with family members. "The child was never at the flea market. We know that for a fact," he said. Roji's mother, Rosa, spent most of Monday talking with local and federal investigators. Smithfield Police Chief Steve Gillikin had said the mother was not a suspect in the boy's disappearance. The boy's father reportedly was out of the country at the time. Local, state and federal investigators searched Sunday and Monday for Roji and the Four Oaks community held a candlelight vigil for the child Monday night. "

5/20/2008 11:17:10 AM

what a shame (not that he wasn't missing, but that clearly this is someones little game that wasted a lot of resources and apparently caused a lot of grief in a little community)

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 11:20 AM. Reason : ...]

5/20/2008 11:19:00 AM

gah

5/20/2008 11:19:02 AM

I just saw that as well. So, uh, whats going on?

5/20/2008 11:19:12 AM

Can you imagine how much $texas was spent looking for the kid?

5/20/2008 11:39:10 AM

And all those candles...

5/20/2008 11:54:34 AM

At the race Saturday night they came on the intercom and said "We have a lost 2 year old up here by the booth. If you are missing a 2 year old, please come get him."

WHO THE HELL LOSES A 2 YEAR OLD AT A RACE?!?!?! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN BRING A 2 YEAR OLD TO A RACE?! THEY CAN'T ENJOY IT, AND THE LOUD NOISES JUST MAKES THEM CRY OR UNCOMFORTABLE - WHICH MAKES THE PEOPLE AROUND ILL!

They made the announcement for like 5 minutes. When we were leaving, I saw a woman carying a TINY baby, maybe 2 months old... maybe. Don't do that with your children, tww!

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 12:04 PM. Reason : ]

5/20/2008 12:04:07 PM

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"WHO THE HELL LOSES A 2 YEAR OLD AT A RACE?!?!?!"

Maybe these two?

5/20/2008 12:07:47 PM

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"WHY WOULD YOU EVEN BRING A 2 YEAR OLD GO TO A RACE?!"

5/20/2008 12:09:58 PM

fucking terrorists

5/20/2008 12:12:37 PM

hey, races are awesome. if you're on one of the race teams.

5/20/2008 1:10:49 PM

an interesting point

5/20/2008 1:12:26 PM

not that it matters, but i can't figure out if that baby is partly white/black/hispanic/indian. He's got an Indian first and middle name...a white/black last name...and his mother's name is Rosa.

5/20/2008 1:30:31 PM

^well obviously his dad's white and his mom's indian?

5/20/2008 2:46:58 PM

What a waste of a perfectly good candlelight vigil.

5/20/2008 2:48:20 PM

I know...i've just never met an Indian named Rosa

5/20/2008 2:49:14 PM

wtf!?

5/20/2008 2:51:02 PM

^^ you haven't met many indians then.

I mean my fucking name is Bobby. My sister's name is Betsy.

I have a cousin who's name is Rose....

5/20/2008 2:51:19 PM

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"WHY WOULD YOU EVEN HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD [s]GO TO A RACE[/]s?!""

stupid parents. its people like these who shouldnt be allowed to have children. make it so you have to take a common sense test to procreate. itll better humanity.

5/20/2008 2:52:04 PM

they said on the news that themom was indonesian

5/20/2008 2:58:18 PM

i think her name was Rosnah, not Rosa

yeah:

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"It is still unclear whether charges will be filed against the woman identified as the boy's mother, Rosnah Thomason"

http://wral.com/news/local/story/2913240/

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 2:59 PM. Reason : ]

5/20/2008 2:59:05 PM

ps i'm indian...just haven't met any named Rosa...that is all I was saying.

5/20/2008 3:04:36 PM

the mom isn't Indian, she is from South East Asia, the son is 1/2 white.

5/20/2008 3:30:45 PM

Yeah, I thought that all Indians had names like Stands-With-A-Fist.

5/20/2008 3:32:50 PM

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"What a waste of a perfectly good candlelight vigil."

winnar

5/20/2008 3:34:47 PM

I have friends that know the family, the situation went from to really quick, I'm glad the kid is safe.

5/20/2008 3:38:31 PM

^^^ Hahaha...

Yeah hopefully they can figure out whether this was a legitimate misunderstanding and somebody went out with the kid for a while and didn't answer their phone calls (so mom freaked out and called the cops and said the kid was missing for a while), or if this is just a case of CBS (Crazy Bitch Syndrome) leading to some attention-deprived person calling the cops so they can feel special for a while.

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 3:39 PM. Reason : ^]

5/20/2008 3:39:19 PM

they've updated the story and it now says that a close family friend reported to WRAL that the kid is overseas.

5/20/2008 3:43:12 PM

Those bastards interrupted House for nothing?

5/20/2008 3:47:48 PM

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"At the race Saturday night they came on the intercom and said "We have a lost 2 year old up here by the booth. If you are missing a 2 year old, please come get him." WHO THE HELL LOSES A 2 YEAR OLD AT A RACE?!?!?! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN BRING A 2 YEAR OLD TO A RACE?! THEY CAN'T ENJOY IT, AND THE LOUD NOISES JUST MAKES THEM CRY OR UNCOMFORTABLE - WHICH MAKES THE PEOPLE AROUND ILL!"

Hahaha we were yelling the same thing. The crazy thing was that they came BACK on the intercom like 30 minutes later saying the same thing. I was like "what mom didn't start trucking it to the gate where the kid was lost?"

Sad

5/20/2008 4:34:59 PM

I thought this thread was about jon benet ramsey.

5/20/2008 4:44:54 PM