He finds the body of a missing child while walking his dog, the circumstances of the tragedy become clearer

In a joint effort, authorities, the local community, volunteers and even a team of FBI divers participated in search for the body of Lucian Mungia, 5 years. The 5-year-old boy has been missing for three months while lying with his family in a national park of Washington State. The disappearance was reported within 15 minutes, and police and the local community joined in the search, reports The Mirror.

On the day of the incident, Lucian Mungia was last seen crossing a parking lot towards the Yakima River. The skeletal remains of the young boy were discovered by a dog walker on December 29, 2022, after almost four months of disappearance. Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice said that “the boy had been accidental drowning victim and that there was no evidence of foul play.” The corpse of Lucian Mungia was found in a fast-flowing riverwhich explains why the search lasted so long without giving any result.

The deputy fire chief explains why the corpse was not found

Yakima Deputy Fire Chief DJ Goldsmith told the Yakima Herald-Republic that the nature of the river lets plan a long search. “Even if we give 100% effort to locate something, including using infrared dronesthere are so many tributaries and multiple places where it can hang“, he said before continuing, “we did everything we could, but it’s a tragedy that we didn’t have couldn’t do anything else“.