“Let me reiterate. We are far from believing Parker must be dead.

“We still believe there is a strong hope he is alive and I see no reason to abandon that. We never lose hope.”

Bell: Calgary cops don't believe Parker must be dead, and search on Back to video

The words are blunt. The words are strong.

There is no need to read between the lines.

They are keeping the faith as they should, as they must.

They soldier on. This ain’t over.

Acting Staff Sgt. Scott Guterson is from the missing persons team of the city police.

He talks straight. He doesn’t serve up political pablum. This is not the time to stickhandle around reality, especially this time.

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The city cops and many others have been searching since last Thursday for 11-year-old Parker, a non-verbal autistic boy.

It’s been a week and they are still looking.

They are looking but, at press time, it is as if young Parker just vanished.

There are tips that have gone nowhere. There are no recent sightings. He is gone without a trace.

The effort to find Parker has been........

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