CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The funeral for Joshua Al-Lateef Jr. was held Saturday after noon as the community gathered to say their goodbyes.
The Butler County Coroner's Office ruled Joshua's cause of death to be an accidental drowning
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The search for Joshua, who was nonverbal and autistic, brought out hundreds of community members
Joshua was found a few days before what would've been his seventh birthday
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His family is pushing for the creation of a "Joshua Alert," an alert system for children with spectrum disorders.
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