Who was Mohamed Fofana? – Missing, Found Dead
Mohammed Fofana, A child was found dead on the shores of an island in Boston Harbor Monday afternoon, and the desperate search involving helicopters and various crews working on land and sea had tragically ended, officials said.
Mohamed Fofana, a 4-year-old from South Boston, has been missing since Sunday night. The Massachusetts State Police, one of several law enforcement agencies involved in the search for Fofana, announced that a marine unit had located the boy’s body on the Castle Island shoreline around 12:30 pm.
The Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit was transported to the island by the Marine Unit and confirmed that the body was Mohamed. State Police Crime Scene Services also took action to document the crime scene.” “He’s recovering,” state police spokesman Dave Procopio said in a statement, according to CBS Boston.
“Mohamed will be disembarked and transferred to the custody of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office,” the spokesperson said.
Fofana was last seen playing at a park on Castle Island around 7 pm on Sunday. The boy went to the park with his older sister and grandfather, Süleyman Fofana, who called 911 after Fofana disappeared near the water.
Massachusetts State Police confirmed that search operations began before 9:30 p.m. in Castle Island and the surrounding harbor. Using helicopters and patrols on land and at sea, the search continued through the night and resumed in the early hours of Monday morning.
Mohamed’s mother, Matenjay Fofana, and his grandfather posted two photos of the boy on Monday morning as they sought the community’s help in finding him. At the time, they told CBS Boston “Mohamed can’t speak,” explaining that the boy is on the autism spectrum and also suffers from sickle cell disease.
State police detectives are conducting an investigation into Fofana’s death.
