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Dead child found near missing boy's St. Louis County home
Date: 11/15/2011 Album ID: 1362778
Photos by Robert Cohen and Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Police searched the Affton area Tuesday for Tyler Dash, a one-year-old toddler reported missing about 11 a.m., authorities say. Homicide detectives were dispatched to a path along the south side of the River Des Peres for a report of a boy found dead there.
St. Louis County police issued a SARAA alert (St. Louis Area Regional Amber Alert) this afternoon for a missing boy, Tyler Dasher. Police were canvassing around the 7700 block of Clevedon Street for a the 1-year-old boy. Police say Tyler's mother put him to bed about 10:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, overslept this morning and reported him missing to police after she awoke about 11 a.m. A child was later found dead in nearby Wilmore Park. Handout photo
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A police spokesperson holds a blanket and pajama top identical to the one a 1-year-old boy was wearing when he disaappeared from his home on Clevedon Ave. in St. Louis County early this morning Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Amanda Cradic, left, and Meagan Mayer react as they learn that the son of a woman they described as their best friend was kidnapped early hours of Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011 from his St. Louis County home. Polcie issued a S.A.R.A Alert for Tyler Dasher 1, when his mother reported him missing. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis County Police spokesperson Rick Eckhard holds a blanket and pajama top identical to the one Tyler Dasher, 1, had on him when he disappeared from his home on Clevedon Street in St. Louis County early this morning Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis County K-9 officers pass the home of Tyler Dasher on Clevedon Street in Affton as they look for clues in his disappearance Tuesday November 15, 2011. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis County K-9 officers work backyards along Clevedon Street looking for clues in the disappearance of Tyler Dasher from his home across the street Tuesday November 15, 2011. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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A St. Louis County Police investigative photographer works the scene near St. Marcus Cemetery on River Des Peres Blvd. where a child's body was found as police were searching for Tyler Dasher, 1, who was reported missing from his nearby St.Louis County home Tuesday morning, Nov. 15, 2011. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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A St. Louis County Police investigative photographer works the scene near St. Marcus Cemetery on River Des Peres Blvd. where a child's body was found as police were searching for Tyler Dasher, 1, who was reported missing from his nearby St.Louis County home Tuesday morning, Nov. 15, 2011. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis County Police investigators work the scene near St. Marcus Cemetery on River Des Peres Blvd. where the body of a child was found after a St. Louis County mother reported her son missing from their nearby St.Louis County home in the early hours of Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Friends of Shelby Dasher, including Nicole McPherson, at right, mourn the presumed loss of Shelby's son, Tyler Dasher, as they wait for confirmation along the 7700 block of Clevedon Street in Affton Tuesday November 15, 2011. Tyler was reported missing by his mother earlier in the day. A dead child was later found in nearby Wilmore Park. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis County officers maintain the scene in front of the home of Tyler Dasher at 7730 Clevedon Street after he was reported missing Tuesday November 15, 2011. A child was found dead in nearby Wilmore Park earlier. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis County police investigators search the home of Shelby Dasher at 7730 Clevedon Street in Affton Tuesday evening November 15, 2011. Dasher's son Tyler was reported missing by his mother earlier in the day. A dead child was later found in nearby Wilmore Park. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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St. Louis County police investigators check windows outside the Affton home of Shelby Dasher at 7730 Clevedon Street Tuesday evening November 15, 2011, looking for clues in the disappearance of Dasher's son Tyler. A dead child was later found in nearby Wilmore Park. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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