Missing Child Update

I'm sad to report that the child, Robert, has been found but unfortunatly not alive. I think this is where a few of my emotions have come from this last week too. Especially after talking to Dave. A little back ground history. Dave and Josh work together at DIRECTV. Dave has spent countless hours at our home watching sports with us, playing games, and whatever else might occur. Dave is just a bit younger than our parents. (Krystal calls him Josh's "old friend") Dave has truely been a great friend to Josh, plus he's a Utah fan so that helps. :) Dave's nephew (Dorthey, Dave's wife, her brother Chuck's son) Ken has lived with them for quite some time. I never knew how long but the other day found out it's been since he was about 2. I'd rather not go into details about why, but let's just say, his parents weren't fit to be parents at the time. Anyways, about 2 weeks ago, Ken's brother (actually step or half) went missing. Robert's mother had a bad history and her boyfriend also has a criminal history and they weren't sure what happend to the boy. He's 8 years old and was last seen around the apartment complex where his mother lived. Anyways, Boise Police Department has set up several different searches and have been looking for the 2 weeks. They searched the mother's apartment and found evidence that the boy may have been a "victim of a tragic incident". This past Friday the did another big search and had approx 2800 people come out to help (gives me goose bumps typing that), they searched all day Friday, but to no avail. This poor family has been having to grieve over this child missing, the media blowing things out of porportion, the community speculating over what happend and whose to blame. Robert's grandma is having a very hard time especially because this is the 2nd grandson she has lost. Well yesterday, they found the body in a canal about 14 miles from the apartment complex. They have not 100% postivitly ID the body, they are waiting for dental records, but they are pretty much 99% sure that it's him. This family can have a little bit of piece now, knowing where he is and they don't have to keep wondering. It's an extremely tragic event and I can't imagine the pain and suffering they are going through at this time. I pray that they can find peace and be able to move on with their lives. And I hope that whoever might have done this to this perfectly innocent child may realize what they have done and pay the concequences. I'm sorry for the loss that you must face, but know that you're in our thoughts and prayers. We love you!