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After two days of search efforts, a missing 7-year-old boy was found dead in a pond in Asheboro, N.C. on Sept. 9
His mother's boyfriend was allegedly watching him when he disappeared, authorities said
An investigation into the incident is ongoing
After two days of frantic efforts from search teams, the body of a missing 7-year-old boy has been found in a pond in North Carolina, authorities said.
On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 9, officials discovered the body of Liam King in a pond close to the area where he was initially reported missing in Asheboro, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media.
“We are absolutely devastated,” the sheriff’s office said. “I wish more than anything that we had a different outcome — for Liam’s family, for o