DAVISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – How did multiple dive teams miss the body of a 9-year-old autistic boy at the bottom of Lake Callis?
Omarion Humphrey went missing on July 4. He was in the park with his foster family when he disappeared. His body floated to the surface of Lake Callis on Friday.
In a press conference Saturday, Davison Township Police Chief Rick Freeman said that a preliminary autopsy showed that the body showed no signs of trauma and was most likely in the water since July 4.
His biological mother believes he was put in the lake at a later time.
"Somebody came back and put him there because I walked around that very lake and it was shallow and all of a sudden you find a body there?" said Khisha Humphrey.
Humphrey had her 11 children, including Omarion, taken away from her in February. The petition from Child Protective Services to remove the children from her care reads like a Dickens novel.
Omarion and his brothers and sisters were found living in a filthy, feces-filled home with no beds, clothes or food. Their mother and father were living in an apartment in downtown Pontiac. There was no adult supervision in the home where the children were.
The CPS report also details this is not the first time the Humphreys have been found wanting by Child Protective Services, and it goes into detail when it comes to Omarion. The little boy, who was diagnosed as autistic and non-verbal, would show up at school filthy and hungry. His teacher would bring clothes for him to wear and the staff would give him sponge baths because his body odor was so bad.
Omarion was placed with a foster family that took him to the Lake Callis park on the 4th of July, but there are questions as to whether his foster mother was keeping an eye on him. Police are investigating her for possible criminal charges but the Genesee County prosecutor will not be making any determinations until he's seen the autopsy.