Makeshift memorial started in Calgary for 11-year-old Parker

Posted July 30, 2026 3:45 pm

Updated July 30, 2026 4:05 pm

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2:11 Search ends for missing Calgary boy Parker as body found in underground pipes

The search in Calgary for Parker, an 11-year-old boy who had autism and was non-verbal, came to an end two weeks after he wandered away from a daycare home. As Heather Yourex-West explains, a child's body was found in a pipe connected to a culvert under Deerfoot Trail in the city's north end.

Calgarians gathered Thursday in a north end park to hug, cry and honour the memory of an 11-year-old boy.

The makeshift memorial for Parker has grown one flower and one stuffed toy at a time on a footbridge in Laycock Park.

Close by is a culvert and a network of underground pipes under Deerfoot Trail.

On Wednesday, searchers found the boy’s body in one of those pipes.

2:33 Calgary police find body believed to be missing 11-year-old boy Parker

Parker, who had autism and was non-verbal, wandered away from a daycare home two weeks ago.

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His disappearance sparked a massive search that captured the attention of the city, with hundreds of police and volunteers checking homes, boats, sheds, garages and waterways to find the child.

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