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   SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Officials have cancelled the   
   AMBER Alert issued for a 9-year-old boy with autism after his   
   body was found.   
      
   The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed that   
   Alejandro Ripley was found dead, Friday.   
      
   An AMBER Alert was issued after investigators said Ripley was   
   taken from the parking lot of a Southwest Miami-Dade Home Depot   
   just before 9 p.m., Thursday.   
      
   Ripley’s mother told police two men forced her off the road near   
   Southwest 88th Street and 157th Avenue and blocked her vehicle   
   in.   
      
   A passenger in the vehicle got out of the car, came over to   
   Ripley’s mother, pushed her and demanded drugs.   
      
   “The passenger of the vehicle exits the vehicle, approaches the   
   mother and demands drugs,” said Miami-Dade Police detective   
   Angel Rodriguez. “The mother is insisting that she does not have   
   any drugs, and so the passenger, at that point, reaches in,   
   grabs her cellphone, steals the cellphone and takes her child.”   
      
   Once she told the man she did not have drugs, that is when she   
   said they took her cellphone and pulled Ripley out from inside   
   the car.   
      
   FDLE issued an AMBER Alert searching for Ripley and the two men   
   his mother said took him in their light blue sedan.   
      
   Early Friday morning, officials found a body in shallow water   
   near Miccosukee Golf & Country Club at Southwest 138th Court and   
   62nd Street.   
      
   On the body was a Captain America T-shirt, which is the same   
   shirt that Ripley’s mother said he was wearing when she reported   
   him missing. Detectives are calling this a homicide   
   investigation after pulling the body out of the lake.   
      
   The Miami-Dade medical examiner will have to positively identify   
   the body that was found at the golf course.   
      
   “Unfortunately, someone called in and reported that they saw   
   what appeared to be the body of a child,” Miami-Dade Police   
   detective Chris Thomas said.   
      
   Shortly after the discovery, 7News cameras captured undercover   
   detectives visiting Ripley’s family’s home.   
      
   Officers said they are investigating all details that have been   
   put forward and will be interviewing Ripley’s family.   
      
   “We’re gonna go ahead with that information and investigate that   
   case, as it is an abduction,” Thomas said.   
      
   Neighbors who would see Ripley playing outside in the   
   neighborhood said they were stunned by the news that he had been   
   tragically found dead.   
      
   “I feel sad, like very, very sad. I know how it is to lose   
   someone, but I just hope that they’re OK,” neighbor Megan   
   Manteiga said.   
      
   “Heartbreaking, heartbreaking, we are in total shock,” Karlo   
   Medina said. “We’ve never seen this before in our neighborhood.   
   It’s tough. I mean, I have a granddaughter. I don’t want to see   
   no kids go through that.”   
      
   As she and the other neighbors are processing the news of   
   Ripley’s untimely passing, investigators are working to piece   
   together everything about the boy and the events leading up to   
   his death.   
      
   Ripley’s older brother uploaded a few videos on Instagram of   
   much happier times, showing Ripley and his family enjoying   
   Christmas Day and taking a stroll.   
      
   On Friday, his death set a much darker mood in the Southwest   
   Miami-Dade neighborhood where he was growing up.   
      
   “It’s super sad. I don’t know what to think of it,” neighbor   
   Sofia Cabrera said. “It’s just like one day I saw him playing   
   out there, and now everything happening, it’s just crazy.”   
      
   One man, who spoke on condition of anonymity, dropped off   
   flowers where the boy’s body was found.   
      
   “It’s horrible. We haven’t had something like this happen in a   
   long time in this county,” he said. “My heart’s broken.”   
      
   Detectives are canvassing the neighborhood to search for   
   surveillance video that may help them in their investigation.   
      
   If you have any information that can help investigators, call   
   Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can   
   always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $3,000   
   reward.   
      
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