Heading Towards The Water

Deputy Gardner knew from his training that apparently, people diagnosed with autism, are ‘drawn to water.’ Gardner had shared, “Something about the water is comforting, or soothing to them. The lesson for me is no piece of information is useless,” explaining about his training.

Looking By The Escalante River

Gardner and Oldfield would focus more of their search on the areas by Escalante River. And by that third week, their family began to think the worst. They knew that the chances of William’s survival out in the wild for that long a period of time was quite stark, more so due to the kind of environment he was in.