DAVID STRICKLAND - 10 yo - Birmingham AL

Jefferson County Sheriff's Department searching for missing 10-year-old


The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department is searching for a
10-year-old boy who has been missing from Center Point since Friday
evening, the Sheriff's Department said.


David Strickland was reported missing by his stepfather after the boy
was not where he usually waits for his stepfather in the 2700 block of
6th Street N.E. when he gets off the school bus each afternoon.


The stepfather told authorities his stepson usually gets off the bus
between 3:15 and 3:30 p.m. and is waiting for him on the front porch.
The child was not there yesterday when the stepfather initially got
there around 3:15 p.m. or after the stepfather came back from an errand
he ran, according to Sheriff's Department news release.


The stepfather began looking for his stepson and found out from
children in the area and an adult that David had been seen playing with
other children, according the news release.


The Sheriff's Office was dispatched to investigate a call of a
missing child at 10 p.m. after the stepfather could not find the child,
the release states.


A search was initiated for the boy in the area of a wooded trail the
boy is believed to have taken home Friday from the area of 3000 block of
Wood Circle N.E. where he had been reportedly playing with another
child.


Deputies returned to the area today and are actively searching for the boy.

http://www2.alabamas13.com/news/2011/mar/05/update-missing-center-point-boy-found-wet-unharmed-ar-1542782
UPDATE: Missing Center Point boy found wet, but unharmed


By
Hilary Golston



Published: March 05, 2011


BIRMINGHAM Ala. (WVTM) The search for a missing Center Point boy ended Saturday night.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the missing 10-year-old was found wet and hungry, but unharmed.

Parents told deputies, David Strickland, was supposed to walk home from a nearby friends house, but never did.

David is a student at Chalkville Elementary.

A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office says deputies found David, standing outside a local church.

http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=14194911
Missing 10-year-old boy found safe

Posted:
Saturday, March 5, 2011 7:25 PM EST
Updated:

CENTER POINT, AL (WBRC) - A ten-year-old boy reported missing in the
Center Point area on Saturday was found safe Saturday afternoon.

The
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department said deputies found David
Strickland standing outside of an area church late Saturday afternoon.
They said he was wet and hungry, but otherwise okay.

The
Sheriff's Department said deputies were planning to feed him and get
him some dry clothes, then talk to him about where had had been and why.

"Can't tell you how happy we are," Chief Deputy Randy Christian said.

Strickland
was reported missing by the sheriff's department on its Facebook page
shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday. Investigators said Strickland had last
been seen Friday after school walking home. Strickland's step-father
reported him missing Friday evening after returning from errands to
find him still not home from school.

David Strickland (photo source Jefferson County Sheriff's Department)