From the Associated Press 17 April 2022, 20:47 • 2 minutes reading Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this article SALEM, India – The body of a young boy who may have died last week was found by a mushroom hunter in a wooded area in southern Indiana, and state police on Sunday sought public help to identify the child. Indiana State Police Fig. Carey Huls said the body of the boy, believed to be between 5 and 8 years old, was found Saturday night in a wooded area of Washington County, near a road. Huls said the agency did not know the boy’s name, which he described as a 4-foot-tall black boy with a slender body and short hair. Hulls declined to give details, including the possible cause of death or what the boy was wearing when his body was found. But he said it appears the boy died last week. He also called on the public to provide any information about the boy, saying that anyone knew who the child was or knew the names of his parents or guardians. “There’s someone at an Easter table this weekend who may have someone who’s not there waiting to come,” Huls said. “There are family members, friends, someone from school maybe, who knows there might have been problems, who thinks this could be this kid.” ——— This story has been corrected to show that the body was found on Saturday night.
