Overview
- Police say the nonverbal autistic child left on foot with her iPad after being last seen in a tie-dye dress in the Shadow Creek area.
- Drones, K9 teams, ground units, and an HPD helicopter searched the neighborhood after the Amber Alert was issued.
- K9 tracking aligned with location pings from her iPad, leading divers to recover her body from a nearby retention pond at about 2:45 p.m.
- Pearland police report no indication of abduction as the investigation continues into the circumstances of her disappearance.
- Advocates highlight elopement risks for autistic children and note research showing a sharply elevated drowning danger, urging layered safety measures and community support.