Article contentBird was supposed to return to his west Edmonton home on June 1. Family and friends have been conducting searches throughout the area for months in hopes of bringing the boy home. They said friends who used to call on Samuel regularly stopped coming by or sending messages after he vanished. In mid-July, when the family and Indigenous groups began organized searches for Bird, there was criticism of Edmonton police’s handling of the file. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact police at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone.