WYLIE — From shopping centers to churches to neighborhoods, volunteers in Collin County are searching for answers.
They handed out fliers on Saturday, hoping someone will be able to help identify a little boy's body.
The child, estimated to be around six years old, was found Thursday morning near a park in Wylie. He had brown hair and brown eyes, weighed about 28 pounds and was a little more than three feet tall.
There were indications that a feeding tube was required to supply him with nutrition.
Volunteers distributed thousands of fliers and tips are already coming in. The sketch of the boy is also being broadcast around the country.
More than 40 people are working on the case this weekend.
Meanwhile, local families are touched by a boy they never knew.
"I came back to put a bear out for him cause he's like Wylie's little angel," said one resident, Kathy Hanson.
The site off Skyview Drive in Wylie — where a child with special needs was left in a pile of brush — is being attracting curious onlookers.
"I don't how someone could dump an innocent child, nobody's claimed him. It's sad. It's very sad," Hanson said.
"Why would you dispose of them like that, as if they were trash? That just really bothers me," said David Hughes.
Hughes is a father of two boys with rare genetic disorders. He says the anger and sadness he feels over the case are overwhelming.
"Since I have special needs kids, it really makes me sad. It's hard for me to imagine how anybody could do that to a child," he said. "There are no excuses for that. It's heart-wrenching."
It's the face without a name, driving volunteers from the Wylie Citizens Police Alumni Association to hit the streets, passing out fliers, trying to help detectives solve this case.
"It's hard for me to believe that you have a child and it's unidentified at this point and there are no leads to it. It's kind of heartfelt at this point," said Brian Nuss.
This community promises to keep going until they get answers.
"We will figure who you are," Nuss said. "It's a matter of time and the right person that knows that information."
And David Hughes had this message for the child: "There are people out there who loved you, never knew you. But you know, one day, hopefully, we will get to see him and tell him that we love him."
Anyone with information about the child is urged to call 800-THE-LOST.
E-mail: mdiaz@wfaa.com
