Police in Texas have found the body of the 9-year-old autistic nephew of former NBA player Marcus Camby who went missing during the family’s Thanksgiving celebration on Camby’s property.
Pearland Police Lt. Onesimo Lopez told the Houston Chronicle that the body of Marcus McGhee was found in a lake on Camby’s Houston-area property on Saturday morning.
Lopez said there appeared to be no signs of foul play.
McGhee, who had autism and was nonverbal, was reported missing Thursday afternoon. He had traveled to Texas from Connecticut for the holiday.
A Coast Guard helicopter had searched local bodies of water Thursday but found nothing.
The Fox station in Houston said he was visiting from Connecticut. Camby grew up in Hartford and started in the NBA in 1996 after playing three seasons at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
McGhee attended a special education school in Windsor.
Amanda Falcone with the Capitol Region Education Council in Connecticut said in a statement:
“The CREC community is saddened by the loss of Marcus McGhee, a student at CREC River Street School. He was a very special person to our staff, and he will be missed dearly by all who knew him. Counselors will be available to staff and students beginning this weekend and throughout next week.”
The search was initially suspended Friday evening and police discouraged people to search on their own. An analysis of leads and tips then lead them to re-instate a search early Saturday morning, but that was haulted after police found McGhee.
