City
is determined to find boy
Psychic
offers her services to family
by
James Wagner and Jessie Halladay
The Courier-Journal
Standing
outside West End Baptist Church today afternoon, Rosalina Cano listened to the
psychic who had volunteered to help find her missing 4-year-old son.
As
they talked, a city bus pulled up and the driver made a gesture, with his hands
roughly indicating the size of a little boy.
Then
he put his hands together, to show that he was praying for César Ivan Aguilar-Cano,
missing since Friday.
"It's
good that people are looking," Cano, 39, said in Spanish.
Cano,
her family and the missing boy's father, César Aguilar, continue to ask
that people watch for their son, who was last seen playing outside his apartment
building at 3155 Oakdale Ave. near Churchill Downs.
Despite
more than 100 tips to police and extensive searches by authorities, friends and
neighbors, there was no indication where the boy might be.
On
Sunday, two experts from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
arrived in Louisville to help metro police investigate the boy's disappearance.
Brook
Schaub and Lou Genide are distributing fliers in a 99-mile radius and have searched
national databases for information to help police.
"Everything
that needs to be done has been done or is on the to-do list," Genide said
of Louisville's efforts.
Police
said they will continue to look for César, known as Ivan by his family,
and assess what they are doing to find him.
"We're
running down every lead we're getting at this point," said Lt. Col. Tim Emington,
an assistant police chief. "We want to keep this in the public's eye."
Aguilar,
30, said he won't give up the search.
"Time
will not run out," Aguilar said. "I will wait for my son until my last
day."
Willing
to try anything, the boy's parents turned to a psychic for help today.
Cheryl
Glassner, 54, with Guided Answers, volunteered to help the family, taking them
on part of a fact-finding trip today to a parking lot on South Floyd Street between
East Kentucky and East St. Catherine streets.
Glassner
contacted Christopher 2X, a local activist who is helping the family, through
a mutual friend and offered her services for free because she said she felt "a
calling" and "a purpose" to help.
She
asked for photographs and toys and spoke with the family in the hope that she
would pick up clues or feel "energy" about certain places or things.
"I
don't want to give false hope," Glassner said. " ... I only want to
create harmony."
Schaub
said it is not unusual for psychics to call in tips or for families to turn to
other avenues to find their loved ones. All tips are documented and checked, he
said.
Cano's
father, Angel Cano, said he walks up to 20 blocks in either direction every day
looking for clues and listening, hoping he might hear his grandson's voice.
"I
hope that God will tell us where he is," Angel Cano said.
Manuel
Cano, the boy's uncle, estimated that about every hour a stranger stops by to
offer help, support or tips.
Juan
Peña, who works as a field supervisor with the immigrant communities for
the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, came during his lunch break to offer
support.
"I
wanted to come and understand the concerns of the community," Peña
said.
About
20 Kentucky Derby Museum employees were expected to post about 500 fliers in the
neighborhood surrounding the apartment building and track.
"We
as a museum decided to do this because it is our neighborhood and because we wanted
help this family," said Wendy Treinen, public relations manager for the museum.
Tonight,
about 130 people attended a vigil at Christ Chapel at Churchill Downs, to pray
for the missing boy.
"We
are competitive because of the racing, but now we come together as a community,"
the Rev. Kenneth Boehm said. "There is no trainer or hotwalker" tonight.
Kevin
and Glenda Hatfield, of Louisville, came to the vigil because they thought it
was a good thing to do. They had followed the story on the news.
"The
only thing we can do right now is pray for them," Glenda Hatfield said. "They
need a miracle."
