Information was confirmed by governor Carlos Brandão; 8-year-old boy will continue with psychological counseling
The boy Anderson Kauã, aged 8, was discharged from the General Hospital this Tuesday (20) after remaining hospitalized for two weeks. He is the cousin of brothers Ágatha Isabelly (6 years old) and Allan Michael (4 years old), who have been missing for 18 days in the region of Bacabal, in the interior of Brazil. Kauã’s departure from the health unit was confirmed by the governor, who guaranteed continued support for the boy.
“The boy Kauã has been medically discharged and will continue to receive all the support to overcome the difficult time he has experienced”, stated Brandão. The head of the state Executive also highlighted that the child will have constant psychological monitoring.
According to information released by the mayor of Bacabal, Roberto Costa, the family expressed their desire to return to the quilombola community of São Sebastião dos Pretos, the place where the children lived and were last seen.
Attention🚨The boy Kauã was medically discharged and will continue to receive all the support to overcome the difficult time he experienced. He continues to contribute information to direct the search for Ágatha and Michael. Work is progressing across the region and, with priority, along the riverbed…
— Carlos Brandão 🇧🇷 (@carlosbrandaoma)
Disappearance
The case began on January 4th, when the three cousins went out to play in a wooded area close to the community. Anderson Kauã was the only one found, three days later (January 7), dehydrated and disoriented, by cart drivers on a local road.
Since then, an intense task force has been assembled. On January 9, the city hall announced a reward of R$20,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of Ágatha and Allan.
Progress of investigations
The information provided by Kauã during his recovery was crucial to the investigations. According to the Secretary of Public Security, Maurício Martins, the boy reported that the group had spent the night in an abandoned hut known as “Casa Caída”, located about 3.5 km from the village and on the banks of the Mearim River.
Based on these reports and traces detected by sniffer dogs, operations are now focused on the riverbed. Since the 17th, the Navy has been reinforcing work with a boat equipped with side scan sonar, technology capable of generating detailed images of the river bottom to identify anomalies.
Access to the search area remains restricted to agents from the task force, which includes the Civil and Military Police, Fire Department and Army.
