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Body found downstream from search area for Kansas boy, 11

Crews search for the body last week photo courtesy KWCH
Crews search for the body last week photo courtesy KWCH

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have found a body downstream from where they’d been searching for a missing 11-year-old boy who fell into a Kansas creek.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Wichita police Deputy Chief Hassan Ramzah says the body was found Saturday by a kayaker. Ramzah couldn’t confirm the identity of the body, other than to say it was a male.

Officials say Devon Dean Cooley fell into Gypsum Creek on May 27. Crews have continued searching for the boy, and say the unidentified body was found about a mile downstream from the search area.

Cooley’s family issued a statement late Saturday saying they believe the body to be Devon’s but also acknowledging the absence of official confirmation.

Police say the body likely won’t be identified until a coroner’s investigation is completed.

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