MISSING: AUTISTIC CHILD, MADDOX RITCH - 6YS OLD - NORTH CAROLINA

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A body believed to be missing boy Maddox Ritch has been found. The body was found at about 1 p.m. Thursday off Marietta Street/Old Dallas Highway in Gastonia .

:(

I wonder how far that location is from the park.

Hopefully, the ME will be able to determine with certainty how long Maddox has been deceased and the cause of death.

The idea that he might have been burrowed, unable to call out, without any comfort or nutrition for days on end makes me wanna cry.  Then again, if he was killed, it's awful too (but likely a quicker death).

Rest in Peace.

Not more than a mile. I have been there and Rankin Lake Rd goes directly from the site where Maddox was last seen and crosses Rte 321 and dead ends into Old Dallas Hwy.