After searching for more than 24 hours, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that searchers found the body of 1-year-old Jose Lara.
They found his body in a septic area of the property. Sheriff Gator DeLoach said weeds, dirt and plywood covered the opening, and the little boy appears to have stepped on the rotted plywood and fell in.
“It’s not an uncommon practice in a situation like this when there’s a child missing to search the septic tank as well,” Sheriff H.D. Gator DeLoach said. “Actually one of our leadership team members that made the call to drain the septic tank. At that point it was unfortunately when we discovered the child’s body.”
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