{"id":567,"date":"2026-05-30T14:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/05\/30\/missing-8-year-old-boy-found-dead-in-a-pond-hours-after-he-disappeared-from-his-texas-home\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:42:51","slug":"missing-8-year-old-boy-found-dead-in-a-pond-hours-after-he-disappeared-from-his-texas-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/05\/30\/missing-8-year-old-boy-found-dead-in-a-pond-hours-after-he-disappeared-from-his-texas-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing 8-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in a Pond Hours After He Disappeared from His Texas Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation into MJ Ashmead&#8217;s death remains ongoing<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/6IQR4B495YPFjoTrYzeN3AsBoHw=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/MJ-Ashmead-053026-a31685f1faaa4fb28220db613c4f1f83.jpg\" alt=\"MJ Ashmead.Credit: Celina Police Department\" title=\"Missing 8-year-old boy found Dead in Texas pond MJ Ashmead\" \/><figcaption><i>MJ Ashmead.<br \/>Credit: Celina Police Department<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An 8-year-old boy was found dead in a Texas pond on May 29<\/li>\n<li>MJ Ashmead&#8217;s family reported him missing earlier that same day<\/li>\n<li>The investigation into the child&#8217;s death remains ongoing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An 8-year-old boy was found dead in a pond hours after he went missing from his home in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>MJ Ashmead&#8217;s family reported him missing from their Sutton Fields neighborhood just before 9:30 a.m. local time on Friday, May 29, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1BHzT5w3Um\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Celina Police Department<\/a> (CPD). He was last seen carrying a tablet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following an \u201cintense search to locate the missing child,\u201d conducted by the CPD and the Celina Fire Department (CFD), authorities notified Ashmead&#8217;s loved ones that his body had been located in a nearby pond.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/mkIAIsiG7FR6gzs-GYxHZaDKSig=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/MJ-Ashmead-02-053026-87720cab65824fdebdf6a50748eaf846.jpg\" alt=\"MJ Ashmead.Credit: Celina Police Department\" title=\"Missing 8-year-old boy found Dead in Texas pond MJ Ashmead\" \/><figcaption><i>MJ Ashmead.<br \/>Credit: Celina Police Department<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSupporting the search efforts were the Texas Department of Public Safety air support, Collin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office dive team, Frisco Police Department K-9 unit, Hickory Creek Police Department K-9 unit, Prosper Police Department drone team, Lewisville Fire Department dive team, and Prosper ISD Police Department,\u201d said the CPD.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the investigation into Ashmead&#8217;s death remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me be very clear. Police have no reason to believe that foul play is involved in this tragedy,&#8221; Officer John Thacker told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/search-underway-missing-8-year-old-boy-celina\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Celina is a growing community, but we are a very close-knit community,\u201d he continued. \u201cA tragic loss like this cuts to the core of who we are as a community, as neighbors, and as first responders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/celina-police-are-asking-for-publics-help-finding-missing-8-year-old-boy\/287-34011dea-b435-471a-87ed-4e6a76e23243\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WFAA<\/a>, police said Ashmead had severe developmental disabilities, and he was believed to be traveling on foot when he disappeared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nearby resident Siva Uppala described the child&#8217;s death as &#8220;heartbreaking&#8221; to the local outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very unfortunate. This is a parent&#8217;s worst nightmare,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I have a little kid, and that was really heartbreaking. When I heard the news, I was like, is it really safe to be around these ponds?\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation into MJ Ashmead&#8217;s death remains ongoing MJ Ashmead.Credit: Celina Police Department NEED TO KNOW An 8-year-old boy was found dead in a Texas pond on May 29 MJ Ashmead&#8217;s family reported him missing earlier that same day The investigation into the child&#8217;s death remains ongoing An 8-year-old boy was found dead in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}