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- Age: 14 years old in 2009
- Weighs 555 pounds
- Mother: Jerri Gray
- Draper was ordered to be taken into state custody for the sake of his well being
- Gray was found to have medically neglected Draper
- Reside on Goodwin Bridge Road in Travelers Rest, South Carolina
- Gray failed to appear for a court date on Tuesday, May 19, 2009WYFF Greenville: Deputies: Mom on Run with 555-pound Boy (May 21, 2009)
- Authorities went to their home to retrieve the boy
- Draper and Gray apparently fled
- Authorities said they were likely driving in a 1996 model 1500 Chevrolet van, white with burgundy stripesWYFF Greenville: Deputies: Mom on Run with 555-pound Boy (May 21, 2009)
- License plate number: AQZ 566WYFF Greenville: Deputies: Mom on Run with 555-pound Boy (May 21, 2009)
- Draper was considered an endangered missing person
- Found near Baltimore, Maryland, in a laundromat on May 21, 2009WJZ.com: Phone Helps Track SC Mother, 555-Pound Son To Md. (May 22, 2009)
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Alexander Draper is a 14-year-old boy who was ordered into state custody after the Department of Social Services determined he was being medically neglected in the care of his mother, Jerri Gray. Alexander is at risk for serious health problems related to obesity and currently weighs 555 pounds.WYFF Greenville: Deputies: Mom on Run with 555-pound Boy (May 21, 2009)
Gray and Draper of Greenville, South Carolina failed to appear in court on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. A warrant was then issued for Gray's arrest on the grounds that she violated a custody order.WYFF Greenville: Deputies: Mom on Run with 555-pound Boy (May 21, 2009) Within hours, authorities found Gray and Draper at a laundromat in Maryland. Police had traced a call Gray made on her cell phone.WJZ.com: Phone Helps Track SC Mother, 555-Pound Son To Md. (May 22, 2009)
The mother's lawyers claim that the boy gained the weight from school where he could eat whatever he liked. Critics say that this wouldn't be possible and this kind of obesity comes from child abuse.http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212245896.shtml
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