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Boy found dead in canal

06:58 AM PDT on Wednesday, October 8, 2008

KTVB.COM

CANYON COUNTY -- A dive team has found the body of a three-year-old boy that is believed to have drowned Tuesday in a canal near the Idaho-Oregon border.

Canyon County Sheriff Chris Smith says the search was focused in a rural area southwest of Parma, not far from the boy's home.

Eagle dive teams members are working to recover the body.

The child's father reported him missing around 2 p.m.

The boy's bike was found in canal a short time later, but there was no sign of the boy. The boy's body was found about 300 yards away from where the bike entered the canal.

Around a dozen local law enforcement officers and residents assisted in the search, and a helicopter was brought in.

The local irrigation district reduced the water flow to the canal to help crews with their search effort.

The child's name has not been released.


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