A special vendor tracking dog was brought in. Many of the searchers dont even know the boy. Any time you see a child thats lost in the area its really something you want to try and help out with. I have grand kids. So if it was one of mine i would want somebody to help. Reporter and police are urging people who live around here to check their yards porches sheds any potential hiding spots on your property. Jayliel has brown hair and eyes been want to three and a half and 4 feet tall. If you have any information on his whereabouts youre asked to call police. Were live in allentown, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you trish. 2016 got off to a dreary chilly start. Temperatures hung in the 40s today with wind chills in the 30s. Lets go to meteorologist adam joseph now with more on whats in store for the weekend. Are these cooler temperatures going to stick around adam. Yeah theyre going to stick around. At least we gain the sunshine back. The clouds weve seen are finally
The other kids, and he was just downstairs and left out of nowhere. Reporter his family says he might be hiding, afraid to come out. Police are asking for help from the public but warn that the boy is skittish. Generally afraid of people, so were asking people that if you were to come across him, that you do not call out his name, dont yell to him, just call us so we can get there as quickly as possible and secure him. Reporter his family is pleading for neighbors on the east end of allentown to keep their eyes open as this search approaches its second night. I dont know what hes going through, like im really scared that something happened. Reporter and that was his sister there, his family is u e urging neighbors on the east end to keep an eye out. Meantime, the police chief did tell us they are focusing a lot of the search on water and bright lights, since this boy has autism, he is attracted to those things. They did a search of the lehigh river via helicopter, so far theyve come up
To help tonight. Reporter they are asking for help from neighbors here in the east side of allentown. This is the neighborhood where the boy disappeared from. As you can see behind me, police have set up a command post here. Im told this search will go nonstop throughout the night. And that police also found surveillance video, showing the young boy out in the street, but where he went next is the question that needs to be solved as soon as possible. From high above allentown, helicopters scour the lehigh river. Its a focus of this search, because kids with autism are often attracted to water. On the ground, bloodhounds and k9s pick up the boys scent but the trail runs dry. You dont want to yell his name. Volunteers gather with flashlights for how to best approach the missing boy, who may be hiding and afraid. Theyre asked not to shout his name. Seeing a lot of people will scare him. So were trying to keep it in small groups. 5yearold Jayliel Batista vanished during a new years eve par
Limekiln pike on a curb south of upper stump road in new britain. He hit a ditch slipping the car as many as five times. You can still see the marks in the lawn where it happened. He and the 18yearold passenger next to him were ejected. Front seat passenger that was ejected his injuries are more serious, broke he ken pelvis, i believe he he had a punctured lung, damage to his spleen, internal injuries. Reporter that victim is a twin brother of one of the back seat passengers in the pickup. Neither he nor a 16yearold also in the back seat suffered serious injuries. New Britain Police chief Robert Scafidi said speed was like al factor in the fatal crash. Theres toxicology test that is have to be done but there were beer cans at the scene. All four passengers attend Central Bucks High School south which made counselors available to students today even though its closed for the jewish holiday. And with the scars from the accident still edged in her lawn mary says shes frightened by repeate
Waiting for the school bus. 58 degrees by 6 oclock. 61 by 8 oclock, clear skies, cool, put on a little jacket or maybe even a sweatshirt but on the way home, they he wont need that. We are looking at a warm one again this afternoon. By 8 oclock, 61 but by noon, 76. And your high today is going to be that 83degree reading at three he clock and well still be in the upper 70s by 6 oclock. So, a nice sunny warm afternoon and not as windy as yesterday. Even warmer air coming in the accuweather 7day forecast, karen. All right, dave, weve got a problem with a big fire right in center city and lots of closures so 13th street is closed between walnut and irving, juniper is closed and thats between walnut and locust. You can use 11th or broad to avoid 13th or juniper. Walnut street itself is blocked between 12th and broad. So, use market or spruce streets. Fire location in center city, multi alarm that weve been talking about and thats going to cause big traffic problems right in center city. Li