Autistic boy Maddox Ritch found dead after six-day search

The investigation into Maddox Ritch’s death remains open. Authorities have yet to determine whether foul play was involved or to formally question the two persons of interest — the photographer and the unidentified jogger — beyond their initial identification. The medical examiner’s findings, which have not yet been made public in full, will be central to establishing the cause and manner of death. Until those results are released, the exact circumstances of how a six-year-old boy came to be found near a highway, days after disappearing from a park, remain unanswered.