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Coroner: Kentucky 5-year-old who prompted IAN Alert died from drowning
The IAN Alert system became active in Kentucky one year ago, named after Ian Sousis, a 9-year-old boy with autism who ran away from a children’s home in northern Kentucky and drowned in the Ohio River in 2022. According to the National Autism Association, drowning is among the leading causes of death for people with autism.
Coroner says 5-year-old boy at center of IAN Alert in Hart County, Kentucky, died from drowning
The IAN Alert was named for Ian Sousis, a northern Kentucky boy with autism who escaped a children's home. He was found after he drown in the Ohio River. The IAN Alert is issued for missing children under 18 with intellectual disability or mental illness.
Kentucky State Police confirmed that Silas Chearer, 5, of Cub Run was found deceased after authorities launched a search.
Further details have been released regarding the death of a child in Hart County. On Wednesday, Hart Counter coroner Anthony Roberts confirmed the preliminary cause of death for 5-year-old Silas ...
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