{"id":834396,"date":"2026-07-29T20:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834396\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:21:10","slug":"police-search-additional-area-for-missing-calgary-boy-as-possible-new-evidence-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834396\/","title":{"rendered":"Police search additional area for missing Calgary boy as possible new evidence emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary police say new information has prompted investigators to search an area in the northeast part of the city as they continue to try to locate a boy who has been missing for nearly two weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police have been conducting an exhaustive search to find Parker since the 11-year-old autistic boy went missing July 16 from his day home in the 0 to 100 block of Connaught Drive N.W.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of our ongoing investigation into Parker\u2019s disappearance, we continue to follow up on all evidence, information and leads,\u201d the Calgary Police Service said in an email to CBC News on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent potential evidence has identified an additional area between the Beaver Dam Business Park and Deerfoot Trail as one that requires a more thorough search, and that\u2019s why resources have been deployed there today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This area is just to the east of Parker&#8217;s last known location, captured midday July 16 on CCTV footage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A map.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785356470_942_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0659898477157361\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Calgary police have released a map of Parker&#8217;s route on July 16, the day the 11-year-old boy went missing. The map outlines his known and believed locations based on CCTV footage. (Calgary Police Service)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/police-search-eleven-boy-9.7274266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">On Tuesday<\/a> police said the decision had been made to \u201crefocus\u201d the search so that investigators could zero-in on specific information such as tips rather than do extensive ground searches.<\/p>\n<p>Parker was last seen in the Thorncliffe neighbourhood on July 16 between 12:30 and 1 p.m.  <\/p>\n<p>Parker was last seen shirtless, wearing grey shorts, black Skechers shoes and black noise-cancelling headphones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s four feet 11 inches tall and weighs approximately 90 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone with information about Parker&#8217;s location, or who may have CCTV or dashcam footage, to call 403-266-1234 or use the police evidence submission portal.  <\/p>\n<p>WATCH | Citizen search for Parker continues as police refocus:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785356470_703_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Citizen search for Parker continues as police refocus<\/p>\n<p>Calgarians continue to search for Parker, the 11-year-old autistic boy who went missing on July 16. As CBC\u2019s Jo Horwood reports, citizen searchers remain committed to finding him despite a recent change in the Calgary Police Service\u2019s strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-834396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834396","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=834396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}