significance of newspaper article

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2004)

*SPOILER* Can someone out there please explain the significance of the newspaper item: BODY OF MISSING 7-YEAR OLD FOUND. If you can recall, this item was in the newspaper being read by the wildlife preserve commandant (cameo by M.Night Shyamalan). How does this correlate to the opening scene of the child being mourned by his father? Also, were the elders prompted to create the village to escape the wanton violence of the outside world that had befallen so many of their loved ones? Was this attempt at a Utopian society created to shelter their young in an idyllic, almost perfect world, or was it flight from some type of wrongdoing they had committed on the outside. Perhaps I missed something as this bizarre tale began to unfold with the opening of the lock box. A reply would be appreciated. Thanks.