Nation IN BRIEF : MISSOURI : Story of Boy Saved by Dogs Called False
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The tale of the retarded boy who got lost in the woods and survived three nights in the cold with the help of stray dogs is false, and his parents could face charges, a prosecutor said. Josh Carlisle, a 10-year-old with Down syndrome, did not wander away from home in March and did not spend days in the Ozarks wilderness as his parents claimed, Barry County Prosecutor David Cole said. The Coffeys stuck to their story.
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