A search is underway for two boys missing in Lakewood.
The boys, brothers, said to be approximately 7 and 8 years old, were seen last near their home about 8:30 AM this morning. They were supposed to be on their way to the Lakewood Cheder.
Lakewood police, including detectives, are searching. A K9 was called in to assist.
Developing.
UPDATE: Chaveirim has joined the search.
UPDATE 12:45PM: The boys names are Tzvi and Yecheskel, one is wearing a green shirt and one a pink shirt.
BREAKING UPDATE: 1:03PM: Kids were found by a Lakewood Detective in the forest not far from their home.
UPDATE 4:25 PM: According to the latest information available, the boys may have been hiding in the forest all the time they were missing, and may have been afraid to come out of the forest (as earlier reported on TLS).
According to a school official TLS spoke with, the school was contacted approximately 10:30 AM, as one of the parents felt the children may not have made the bus.
When school officials were called, police were immediately notified, and a thorough search was conducted throughout the school grounds. The bus companies were also immediately contacted.
Because of the children’s ages and the extreme heat, authorities immediately reached out for a K9 unit to assist in the search.
At approximately 1:03 PM, Detective Mike Cavallo was reportedly searching the area when he spotted the pink and green shirts in the forest.
The boys were sweaty and hot when they were found, and immediately given water and taken inside.
UPDATE: See video below the moment the children were found and walked out of the forest.
CLARIFICATION: BOTH KIDS FOUND OKAY. They were found in the forest by a Lakewood Police Officer. https://t.co/2DtixLbMz3
— The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) June 18, 2018
What area?
where is this going on?
How do they look? What area did they go missing from?
Prayers that they are found safe!!!
if the police can release clear pictures of the children so that anyone who sees them can identify them. That way you can have all of Lakewood helping.
Names for tehillim?
what area are they from? is assistance from the public needed?
Anyone know what area????
Any pics of the boys?
Do we have picture
Pictures so that we can keep our eyes opened?
Why don’t we have a massive search?
Please post info that the public can help.
why post without location or description??? I’ve seen a lot of 7 and 8 year old boys today…
Names for tehillim?
Lakewood commons
Tehillim!!
Coles way
Heard their from Lakewood Commons
The more info provided the better the public can assist in the search. Do we have names, what area were they last seen in, what route were they expected to take to get to school…?
check all buses…easy for kids to go on wrong bus and be scared to speak up
Why is there no amber alert?
The boys live in Lakewood Commons
How can we help?
Are we able to have their names for Tehillim?
Names for tehillim?
Any names for tehillim
How to join search ?
It’s also important to post as much detail surrounding the situation in order to counter any mis-information that occurs as a result of third party information
Who do I contact to volunteer in the search?
tzvi mordechai -n Miriam trivia, nosson yechezkel -n Miriam tzivia
What’s wrong with writing “ben”? Why the -n
Boys were found BH
TEHILLIM: Nosson Yecheskel ben Miriam Tzivia and Tzvi Mordechai ben Miriam Tzivia
I heard that they were found BH
they have been found bh
Boys were found in a forest by a Lakewood Police Department Officer
New is that they were B”H found
EVERY SCHOOL MUST CHECK EVERY BUS FOR MISSING BOYS.
THEY COULD’VE GOTTEN ON WRONG BUS AND TOO SCARED TO GET OFF AT WRONG SCHOOL
Maybe they were stuck in traffic on Rt. 9 this whole time…
Is that supposed to be funny?
Chas vshalom if this happened to your kids you would not be joking.
they were found bh
THey were found BH!
Pretty soon there won’t be a tree left in lakewood, at least it will be harder for kids to get lost in the woods.
Attention noone @1:17pm,
Your comment really has no place here. It’s a very rude comment to make in the situation.
BH!!
THAnk YOU LPD!!!!!
B’H they were found! And B’H the school/parents somehow realized that they were missing before they were supposed to return home. My son’s yeshiva doesn’t verify attendance. The fist time he was going to be home sick I called in to report his absence and the secretary seemed totally shocked – she apparently never had a parent call to report an absence before. Now I just daven that he arrives to school safely every day since I have no way of knowing if he didn’t – until he is supposed to arrive back home. SCHOOLS SHOULD BE CHECKING ATTENDANCE DAILY AND NOTIFYING PARENTS IF THEIR CHILD DID NOT ARRIVE AT SCHOOL AND THE PARENT DID NOT REPORT THE ABSENCE!!!
Someone,
Noone has a very valid point which I think developers should use in the future in order to obtain a variance to build a development. We will never have children in Lakewood lost in a forest ever again.
You are as bad as he is- this was a very serious situation that B’H had a good ending- not the time and place to make your stupid jokes
Chasdei Hashem!
Why were they in the forest?! Are they dehydrated?!
To Hmmm at 1:53. Is that a serious question? Have you been outside yet today? Think… #Rhetorical
I think there should be a law that the school has to be notified if a kid isn’t going to show up.
Jay 1:49
I didn’t say it wasn’t a valid point. It’s just not the time or place to post such comments. A family and a community are recovering from a traumatic event, political comments/satire aren’t warranted here.
Growing up my school strongly enforced the policy. If your child was not going to school for whatever reason you had to notify the office. After attendance the office would check which absent children had not called in and would call the parents to verify. It is beyond me why this isn’t the policy of every school nationwide.
BH they are ok!
How did the parents know that the kids didnt get on the bus and to school?
I think what we have to learn from this story is. Schools should check Attendance and contact if not there. But most importantly it’s cant be that kids should ever be scared to go home. The safest and most secure place is home and if a kid is scared then we have a real problem. Schools should stress this.
Glad they were found but they are rather young to be left alone to get on a bus. If someone were with them they would have known they didn’t get on the bus
they were learning about rabbi shimon bar yochai and went to see if they could find a cave. or maybe wwII and wanted to join the partisans. or maybe they went looking to do hisbodedus !!!
My daughter’s school texts both parents cell when a child is absent. I was impressed.
We have some wonderful and selfless individuals in Lakewood whom we need to be very thankful for. The LPD as well as LCSW, chaveirim, Hatzolah, K9 forces and many other individuals who are always on the scene ready to help in any given situation. Hats off to you all!!
You are 100 percent right.
To jjinlakewood. It’s not a joke. Would be your kids you wouldn’t say that.
Bnos Brocha has an attendance system that a text message goes out to the parrents in the event children don’t show up to school. Bnos Brocha is always ahead of everyone else!!!!! We love you and thank you.
A proud parent
Why wasn’t my comment posted??? Also, my brother in Lakewood doesn’t have text messaging…
Parents if your children are 7 and 9,you should be walking them to the bus stop. This way you know if they got on the bus. I am a bus driver,many mornings I see little children waiting by themselves,not a good situation. This way as a parent you know that they got on the bus.just saying. It is your responsibility
Please post my comment . Thank you .. WHERE ARE THE PARENTS. Why are little ones going on a bus by themselves.