CINCINNATI (WXIX) -The Ohio House of Representatives has passed House Bill 359, legislation to establish the Joshua Alert.

This statewide emergency alert system is designed to protect children with autism and other developmental disabilities who go missing.

The bill honors the memory of 6-year-old Joshua Al-Lateef Jr ., a young boy with autism from West Chester who lost his life in November 2024.

Al-Lateef Jr. was reported missing for a few days before his body was found in a pond near an apartment building where he lived on Wyndtree Drive .

The family says that an Amber Alert was sent about five hours after his disappearance. So the family asked the public to sign a petition to implement the Joshua Alert.

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