The body of a 3-year-old boy who wandered away from his babysitter’s backyard on Tuesday has been found in a Lowell, Massachusetts pond, sources told WMUR’s sister station WCVB.
Harry was reported missing to police at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after last being seen in the 37 Freda Lane yard at about 9:15 a.m., officials said.
On Wednesday, yellow police tape was set up around a field and a pond at Rollie’s Farm on nearby Varnum Avenue, an area close to the babysitter’s home that had been part of the search since its early stages.
“I was looking for him in the cornfield, and all I heard is ‘He’s gone. He’s in the pond. We’re going to take him out. Please get out of the cornfield,’” volunteer Kylie Vouley told WCVB.
Lowell Police Chief Barry Golner said Tuesday investigators were confident the case was that of a missing child, and there was nothing to indicate any foul play.
“He’s active. He likes going outside. When he’s at home, he goes to the yard and plays. He’s a healthy kid but he can’t speak. He’s trying to learn how to speak, but he can’t talk,” the boy’s father said Tuesday by phone.
Hundreds of investigators joined in the two-day search — scouring nearby homes, outbuildings and vehicles for any sign of the little boy, as well as conducting line searches in the woods and draining swimming pools.
Divers searched a pond off Freda Lane, which is near the Merrimack River.
K9 and mounted units were also deployed in the exhaustive search.
This is a developing story. It will be updated as more information comes in.
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