Tennessee deputies find body in lake during search for missing 3-year-old child
The lake is only a nine-minute walk from where the child went missing
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sheriff's deputies in Memphis, Tennessee found a body in a lake while searching for a missing 3-year-old child.
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet on Friday that 3-year-old Israel Powell went missing on Thursday night and was last seen on the 5100 block of Laurel Springs Dr. in Memphis. Powell was last seen with his 4-year-old sister at around 1 a.m. on Friday morning, the sheriff's office told FOX Memphis.
When deputies arrived at the scene on early Friday morning, the girl was only found.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The mother realized that her children were missing at around 5 a.m. on Friday, not knowing that her daughter was in the hospital.
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The Shelby County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet on Friday that 3-year-old Israel Powell went missing on Thursday night and was last seen on the 5100 block of Laurel Springs Dr. in Memphis. (Shelby County Sheriff's Office)
While searching, deputies recovered a body at Jamieson Lake on Friday at around 1 p.m., only a nine-minute walk from where the child was last seen.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Officials haven't officially identified the body as Israel Powell's.