Calgary police confirmed Thursday that the child found during search efforts Wednesday was 11-year-old Parker.<\/p>\n
Parker had been missing since July 16.<\/p>\n
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Police said the formal identification followed an examination by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.<\/p>\n
Investigators do not believe Parker\u2019s death was criminal in nature.<\/p>\n
Police said no further information will be released.<\/p>\n
Parker\u2019s body was located Wednesday by specialized Calgary Fire Department search teams.<\/p>\n
The discovery followed a tip Tuesday from a member of the public who found evidence consistent with clothing Parker was last known to be wearing.<\/p>\n
Police said they believe Parker entered a culvert in a green space west of Deerfoot Trail and travelled through a pipe into a network of tunnels east of the roadway.<\/p>\n
Parker\u2019s family has asked for privacy as they grieve.<\/p>\n
Community members seeking support can contact the Calgary Police Service Victim Assistance Support Team at 403-428-8398 or toll-free at 1-888-327-7828.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary police confirmed Thursday that the child found during search efforts Wednesday was 11-year-old Parker. Parker had been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-837539","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\/837539","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=837539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}