{"id":812602,"date":"2026-07-19T18:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812602\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T18:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T18:05:16","slug":"police-play-disney-music-from-cruisers-as-volunteers-join-search-for-missing-calgary-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812602\/","title":{"rendered":"Police play Disney music from cruisers as volunteers join search for missing Calgary boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parker was last seen Thursday afternoon in Calgary\u2019s north end. Police say he was shirtless, wearing grey shorts and black noise-cancelling headphones.Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Roughly 120 trained volunteers and police with dogs and on bikes are searching in Calgary today for a missing 11-year-old boy who is non-verbal and autistic.<\/p>\n

Calgary police say the search for Parker will also see his favourite Disney songs being played from cars patrolling streets.<\/p>\n

His family has said those who spot him should not approach him, and instead call police immediately because he can be frightened of strangers.<\/p>\n

Parker was last seen on Thursday afternoon at a home in Calgary\u2019s north end and police have said foul play is not a factor in his case.<\/p>\n

He was shirtless, wearing grey shorts and black noise-cancelling headphones.<\/p>\n

An Amber Alert was issued in Parker\u2019s search Saturday afternoon and police say they have received 90 tips on his whereabouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the investigation progresses, search efforts are becoming increasingly focused on areas connected to Parker\u2019s last known movements and reported sightings,\u201d police said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Police said hundreds of officers have knocked on doors, canvased streets and continue to review hours of video footage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain grateful for the tremendous community support we have received.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Parker was last seen Thursday afternoon in Calgary\u2019s north end. Police say he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,2798,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-812602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}