荒廃させるd family of 行方不明の two-year-old boy Ruben are told he has 'likely died' after wandering off 近づく crocodile-infested waters

  • Police believe 行方不明の toddler who 消えるd from cattle 所有物/資産/財産 is now dead
  • Toddler Ruben Scott wandered off 近づく crocodile-infested waters on Tuesday
  • Police 知らせるd family after told by paediatrics that survivability has passed
  • Ruben’s grandfather Noel Scott thanked the community for help in the search
  • Police will continue the search to bring 終結 to Ruben's heartbroken family

Family of a two-year-old boy who went 行方不明の 近づく crocodile-infested waters have been told he is likely dead.?

Ruben Scott was last seen 近づく the Koolatah 駅/配置する homestead, on the western 味方する of Cape York 半島 on Tuesday afternoon.?

The boy wandered off while in the care of 親族s, who have 猛烈に been searching the 'rugged and challenging' 地形 ever since.??

Police told the little boy's 粉々にするd family on Thursday night they believe Ruben hasn't 生き残るd the 厳しい 条件s.

The update comes as Ruben’s heartbroken grandfather Noel Scott thanked the community for their 援助 in the 普及した search.

'We are 準備するing for the worst at the moment,' Mr Scott said as he fought 支援する 涙/ほころびs on Friday.?

'As a family we’d just like to thank a few people who have helped us out along the way with the search for Ruben. Hopefully we can find Ruben today.'

Hopes of finding a missing toddler who vanished from a remote crocodile-infested area alive are fading as the search enters its fourth day

Hopes of finding a 行方不明の toddler who 消えるd from a remote crocodile-infested area alive are fading as the search enters its fourth day

Cape Patrol 視察官 示す Henderson said his thoughts went out Ruben's family, friends and the communities of Maramie and Kowanyama, 同様に as everyone 伴う/関わるd in the search.

'It's with 悔いる that last night I had to sit with the family and advise them that the survivability of their son and grandson has now passed,' 視察官 Henderson said on Friday.?

'That won't stop our 成果/努力s. We've had some 1700 square kilometres, 450,000 square acres to search. It's been a hard 仕事 and we've given it our best but paediatric 専門家s have told us that s urvivability has passed.'

He 追加するd that his thoughts go out Ruben's family, friends and the communities of Maramie and Kowanyama, 同様に as everyone 伴う/関わるd in the search.

にもかかわらず losing hope, police, SES and volunteers continue to scour the 所有物/資産/財産 and 隣人ing 水路s with the help of police divers.

'We won't stop and will continue to try and find young Ruben and bring 終結 to his family,' 視察官 Henderson said.

'I want to thank everyone that's been 伴う/関わるd and everyone for the 肉親,親類d words.'


Helicopters and heat-seeking drones have been aiding the search, with search crews scouring bushland on foot, horseback and motorbikes

ヘリコプターs and heat-捜し出すing drones have been 補佐官ing the search, with search 乗組員s scouring bushland on foot, horseback and motorbikes

The missing toddler (pictured) wandered off while in the care of his relatives, who have been desperately searching for him since

The 行方不明の toddler (pictured) wandered off while in the care of his 親族s, who have been 猛烈に searching for him since

?Ruben's mother Natasha Scott 述べるd the toddler as 'the greatest person ever'.

She told 7News?Ruben is a 'very fun and 去っていく/社交的な little boy with a very sarcastic sense of humour'.

'He's very gentle and always loves to do 手渡すs-on things. He loves his cars, トラックで運ぶs and anything with wheels on them.'

'Life's 完全にする with you and your smile,' she 以前 wrote と一緒に a picture of the boy in July.?

The missing toddler Ruben Scott (pictured with mother Natasha Scott) was last seen near the Koolatah Station homestead on the western side of Cape York Peninsula at 5pm on Tuesday

The 行方不明の toddler Ruben Scott (pictured with mother Natasha Scott) was last seen 近づく the Koolatah 駅/配置する homestead on the western 味方する of Cape York 半島 at 5pm on Tuesday

Koolatah station sits on the back of a lagoon (pictured) and is surrounded by a fenced-off yard, big shady trees and nearby cattle yards

Koolatah 駅/配置する sits on the 支援する of a lagoon (pictured) and is surrounded by a 盗品故買者d-off yard, big shady trees and nearby cattle yards

Cape Patrol Inspector Mark Henderson says search crews remain determined to find the little boy, but with three nights having passed, hopes are fading

Cape Patrol 視察官 示す Henderson says search 乗組員s remain 決定するd to find the little boy, but with three nights having passed, hopes are fading

ヘリコプターs and heat-捜し出すing drones have been 補佐官ing the search, with search 乗組員s scouring bushland on foot, horseback and motorbikes.??

The cattle 駅/配置する 支援するs の上に a lagoon and the Mitchell River, east of Kowanyama, on the western 味方する of Cape York 半島. It is known crocodile habitat.

Ms Scott said she last saw her son about 5.45pm on Tuesday.

In a social マスコミ 地位,任命する, she said she was doing her best to 持つ/拘留する herself together.

'I have every person that can help helping to find him,'she wrote on Wednesday.?

'I'm trying to organise heaps of things to help find him and am trying to 持つ/拘留する myself together. I thank and 高く評価する/(相場などが)上がる all you guys are doing for us, the 株 help.'

The little boy's mum, Natasha Scott, said her son (pictured) is the 'greatest person ever'

The little boy's mum, Natasha Scott, said her son (pictured) is the 'greatest person ever'

Volunteers (pictured) on the ground and helicopters and drones above have been frantically searching for the boy since Tuesday

Volunteers (pictured) on the ground and ヘリコプターs and drones above have been frantically searching for the boy since Tuesday

Temperatures fell as low as 19C overnight, raising concerns for the boy's welfare
 (pictured: the region where Reuben went missing)

気温s fell as low as 19C 夜通し, raising 関心s for the boy's 福利事業 (pictured: the 地域 where Reuben went 行方不明の)

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