Body of missing 6-year-old boy is found in SC after 4 days of searching

Firefighters search for 6-year-old boy missing in river in Greater Florianópolis The body of the 6-year-old boy who was missing in the Cubatão River was found in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, in Greater Florianópolis, this Thursday afternoon (20), reported the Military Fire Department. There were four days of searches. A 59-year-old man who had also disappeared in the water remains missing. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp Firefighters search for child and man who disappeared near a river in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz (SC) Fire Department/ Disclosure The corporation had been looking for the boy since Monday (17). The searches expanded as the days went by and reached a length of five kilometers along the river. The teams combined land, water and air modalities to ensure thorough scanning of the entire demarcated section. "Initial information is that they were there, initially bathing a puppy and the puppy entered the water and he [boy] went to try to rescue this dog and was carried away by the current and his cousin was unable to help him any further", said firefighter commander Richard Stüp, still on Monday. Regarding the man who remains missing, security camera footage from a local business recorded Odir Coelho passing through a bridge over the Cubatão River, also on Monday, close to the place where the child submerged. The information was released by the corporation on Tuesday night (18). Odir Coelho was last seen near the river where a 6-year-old boy disappeared in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz CBMSC/Disclosure