RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- The Randolph County Community is grieving after the tragic loss of 7-year-old Liam King.

Liam went missing Sunday morning from his mom’s boyfriend’s house on Forest Hill Drive.

A search crew found him in a pond Tuesday afternoon. Now, people are feeling the weight of his loss.

“Our prayers just went up that they would find him and find him alive, but it didn’t turn out that way, and it’s so sad,” said a community member, Ava Craven.

Craven said the moment she got an alert message Sunday evening about Liam's disappearance, it became all she could think about.

She said she’s sympathetic to those who were closest to him, especially as a parent.

Mike Craven said that while working at the Flea Marketeers of Asheboro, he knows he’ll hear firsthand just how m

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