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Vigil held for Calgary boy, 11, found dead in pipe system after disappearance
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Vigil held for Calgary boy, 11, found dead in pipe system after disappearanceBy Canadian Press on August 6, 2026.
Parker, an 11-year-old non-verbal boy with autism, shown in this undated handout photo, went missing from a day home in Calgary's north end on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Calgary Police Service (Mandatory Credit)CALGARY — A vigil was held outside Calgary’s city hall on Wednesday evening for an 11-year-old boy with autism who was found dead inside a labyrinth of water pipes a week earlier.
The search also raised questions about alerting the public when vulnerable children disappear, prompting calls for improvements to those systems.
“A tragedy like this … shakes every one of us who loves a child,” Farkas told those at the vigil Wednesday.