{"id":894254,"date":"2026-09-16T16:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894254\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:08:18","slug":"missing-child-suffolk-cctv-released-of-noah-a-non-verbal-3-year-old-boy-at-playground-before-he-vanished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894254\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing child Suffolk: CCTV released of Noah, a non-verbal 3-year-old boy, at playground before he vanished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">UK police have released CCTV images of a non-verbal child at the centre of a massive search taken just 20 minutes before the non-verbal and partially deaf youngster went missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The images came from CCTV footage taken of Noah, who is partially deaf and currently undergoing an autism diagnosis, just before he ran off from a playground in Brantham, Suffolk at 3pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The images emerged as dozens of volunteers joined the search for the youngster and his anguished father Rhys Woods broke his silence, saying he \u201ccannot go another night knowing he is out there alone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3mk41m-StyledText eze0guv9\">Sign up to The Nightly&#8217;s newsletters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r9pdr5-StyledSubText eze0guv8\">Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>By continuing you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/thenightly.com.au\/subscription-terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sevenwestmedia.com.au\/privacy-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">In another grim development the search for the child has narrowed in on a body of water nearby named Decoy Pond, which was cordoned off on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The new CCTV released by Suffolk Police show the bubbly youngster in a Bluey shirt running around a circular ride at 2.37pm, local time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A number of volunteers could be seen on Wednesday quietly helping the search for the child, in keeping with police advice that Noah\u2019s partial deafness meant he would not respond to his name being called.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Mr Woods revealed his anguish over the disappearance of his child, who was being watched by his grandfather at the time he ran off towards a new housing development by the pond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201c(Noah) is only mildly autistic and has partial hearing loss, he is fully capable of everyday tasks,\u201d said Mr Woods, who made an urgent plea to volunteers helping in the search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe still have nothing, all the emergency services and all of you have shown how strong this community is, with people coming from far and wide also.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe emergency services are very confident that the high risk areas (Decoy pond, railway lines) are all clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThis means knowing our boy, he has gone even further, could I ask that all of you brilliant people out there today expand further if you are able to?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cI cannot go another night knowing he\u2019s out there alone, please don\u2019t give up on him guys.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cHe is out there somewhere and I appreciate every single one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Dog units, police and HM Coastguard helicopters have since been deployed in the desperate hunt for the tot, Suffolk Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cPolice have been searching for Noah since yesterday afternoon, including specially trained officers and dog units. These searches have been assisted by helicopters from the National Police Air Service and HM Coastguard, with further support on the ground provided by HM Coastguard, Suffolk Fire &amp; Rescue Service, Suffolk Lowland Search &amp; Rescue and a vast number of members of the public,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cPolice are asking local residents to thoroughly check their gardens, sheds and outbuildings, or any potential areas where a child might hide away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAnyone with private CCTV or doorbell cameras in the village are asked to review the footage from 3pm yesterday afternoon onwards for any possible sightings of Noah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Superintendent Pete Partridge said: \u201cWe are very concerned for Noah\u2019s welfare and need to find him as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/74de380b01571d80d507bb4ef9a18a39d6695081.jpg\" alt=\"CCTV images showing Noah before his disappearance on Tuesday.&#10;Credit: Suffolk Police\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>CCTV images showing Noah before his disappearance on Tuesday.<br \/>\nCredit: Suffolk Police Credit: Suffolk Police\/Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cA vast number of resources have been deployed by ourselves, our emergency services colleagues and volunteers from SULSAR. These resources have been bolstered by members of the public who have turned out in large numbers to assist and we are incredibly grateful for their help and support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK police have released CCTV images of a non-verbal child at the centre of a massive search taken&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40,5429,1720],"class_list":["post-894254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-uk","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}